REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
15/05/2026 11:30
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RNS Number : 5502E Barclays PLC 15 May 2026
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
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: 14 May 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: 1,152,699 1.27% 895,288 0.99%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 856,749 0.95% 1,149,869 1.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,009,448 2.22% 2,045,157 2.26%
(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 194,032 9.3440 GBP 9.1675 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 136,215 9.3450 GBP 9.1375 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 1 9.1400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,204 9.1690 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6 9.1800 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 159 9.1832 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 889 9.1927 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,152 9.1952 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,569 9.2042 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,612 9.2099 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 287 9.2187 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 387 9.2250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,678 9.2258 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 251 9.2283 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 173 9.2356 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 551 9.2480 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 721 9.2534 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 61 9.2611 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,791 9.2741 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 469 9.2750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.2900 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,060 9.2978 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,499 9.2994 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 897 9.3046 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,658 9.3064 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,377 9.3077 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,174 9.3131 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,329 9.3190 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 61 9.3250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 673 9.3274 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 170 9.3289 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 775 9.3295 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,725 9.3300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,813 9.1016 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.1700 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.1900 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 178 9.1950 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,100 9.2096 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 255 9.2126 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 905 9.2228 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,467 9.2244 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 213 9.2300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 952 9.2329 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,200 9.2472 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,994 9.2531 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 80,170 9.2565 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17 9.2600 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,813 9.2606 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,723 9.3140 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,746 9.3216 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,503 9.3222 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,514 9.3290 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,518 9.3300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,544 9.3304 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10 9.3306 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,812 9.3444 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 68 9.2130 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: 15 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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