REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form8.5EPT/NonRIGAMMACOMMUNICATIONSPLC Replacement
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RNS Number : 5229B Barclays PLC 22 April 2026
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3201B
published at 10:04 on 21/04/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A
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: 20 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: 1,514,129 1.67% 560,000 0.61%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 483,902 0.53% 1,466,730 1.61%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,998,031 2.20% 2,026,730 2.22%
(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 125,711 9.3287 GBP 9.0910 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 192,173 9.3262 GBP 9.1684 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 33 9.1684 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 246 9.1771 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,900 9.1845 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 228 9.1921 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 149 9.1943 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,010 9.1971 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 346 9.2016 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 236 9.2080 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9 9.2111 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,511 9.2122 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 64 9.2125 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 820 9.2183 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,420 9.2191 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14 9.2251 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 290 9.2261 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 20 9.2318 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,760 9.2339 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,384 9.2355 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,972 9.2356 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,049 9.2390 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,248 9.2395 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,120 9.2400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 696 9.2402 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11 9.2468 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,724 9.2557 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,579 9.2571 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,818 9.2694 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 145 9.2723 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32,958 9.2833 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,127 9.2986 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 424 9.2999 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,161 9.3060 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 113 9.3120 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,800 9.3192 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 113 9.3262 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,813 9.0918 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,978 9.1416 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,812 9.1693 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20 9.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 158 9.2160 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,042 9.2265 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 497 9.2266 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,383 9.2400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 462 9.2458 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 406 9.2796 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 40 9.3135 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 289 9.2062 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,144 9.3174 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: 22 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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