REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form8.5EPT/NonRIGAMMACOMMUNICATIONSPLC Replacement
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RNS Number : 1613A Barclays PLC 13 April 2026
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 0301A
published at 11:57 on 10/04/2026, changes made to section 2a and 3b
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS
(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 09 Apr 2026
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal NO
trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree
to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security: 0.25p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,671,123 1.84% 526,115 0.58%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 451,602 0.50% 1,662,694 1.83%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,122,725 2.33% 2,188,809 2.41%
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other
executive
options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Total number of Highest price per unit Lowest price per unit
security securities paid/received paid/received
0.25p ordinary Purchase 154,858 8.6460 GBP 8.4770 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 308,276 8.7000 GBP 8.4920 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 490 8.5274 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 54 8.5371 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,769 8.5389 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 603 8.5399 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,459 8.5403 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,282 8.5425 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 565 8.5431 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,049 8.5457 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,306 8.5487 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 66,430 8.5495 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31,655 8.5500 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 8.5508 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,681 8.5535 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,297 8.5536 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,498 8.5537 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,218 8.5538 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 38,813 8.5540 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 363 8.5583 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 309 8.5586 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,872 8.5594 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,377 8.5606 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,315 8.5618 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,330 8.5638 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 45,219 8.5642 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 769 8.5669 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,184 8.5676 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,405 8.5684 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 8.5700 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 312 8.5747 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 8.5760 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16 8.5816 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 8.6991 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6 8.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,000 8.5328 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 455 8.5363 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,516 8.5384 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,615 8.5454 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 8.5511 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 507 8.5518 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 659 8.5520 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,958 8.5534 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,842 8.5537 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 23,680 8.5540 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 8.5541 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 563 8.5544 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,105 8.5548 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,729 8.5569 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,260 8.5622 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,891 8.5639 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,221 8.5665 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,921 8.5742 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 479 8.6026 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,297 8.6420 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 505 8.5422 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,129 8.5507 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 9,728 8.5559 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 10,442 8.5755 GBP
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
of description purchasing, of price date money
relevant selling, securities per unit paid/
security varying etc to which received
option per unit
relates
(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of Exercise price per
security securities unit
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of Dealings Details Price per unit (if
security applicable)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement
to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the
disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between
the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person
relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 13 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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