REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
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RNS Number : 7069E Barclays PLC 18 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: 15 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: 1,221,602 1.35% 977,767 1.08%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 941,538 1.04% 1,219,098 1.35%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,163,140 2.39% 2,196,865 2.43%
(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 312,215 10.0905 GBP 9.1100 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 325,791 10.0920 GBP 9.1100 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 38 9.1150 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 187 9.1594 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 863 9.1729 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 504 9.2090 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 206 9.2150 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 44 9.2167 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40 9.2169 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.2350 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 9.3150 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,897 9.3305 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 41 9.3949 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 65,468 9.3956 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,978 9.4277 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 41,018 9.5404 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4 9.7148 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,316 9.8062 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,031 9.8580 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9 9.8677 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 306 9.8949 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 754 9.9132 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,449 9.9455 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 37,231 9.9587 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,807 10.0157 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 74 10.0255 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,350 10.0354 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 526 10.0481 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,032 10.0894 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27,503 10.0900 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.2100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 70 9.2200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7 9.2950 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,670 9.3790 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 244 9.3919 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 578 9.4259 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,372 9.4602 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,691 9.4745 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 803 9.4808 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 26,918 9.5042 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,001 9.5510 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,455 9.5525 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,999 9.5749 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 45,604 9.6458 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 37,448 9.6792 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4 9.7151 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,591 9.7255 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 666 9.9508 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 61,950 9.9535 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19 9.9650 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,409 10.0450 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,768 10.0570 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,706 10.0900 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 843 10.0905 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 406 9.2835 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 708 9.2131 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: 18 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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