REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
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RNS Number : 9469A Barclays PLC 17 April 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: 16 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: 1,501,392 1.65% 505,897 0.56%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 434,786 0.48% 1,495,301 1.64%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,936,178 2.13% 2,001,198 2.20%
(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 116,002 8.9580 GBP 8.8093 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 81,754 9.0000 GBP 8.8469 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 232 8.8469 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 67 8.8620 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 880 8.8735 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,134 8.8788 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,127 8.8837 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 276 8.8860 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 147 8.8900 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5 8.8928 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 163 8.9047 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 220 8.9076 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 180 8.9129 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,662 8.9132 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 8.9146 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 84 8.9179 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,609 8.9190 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6 8.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 793 8.9219 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,888 8.9225 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 766 8.9261 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,388 8.9311 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,453 8.9326 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,682 8.9327 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,670 8.9335 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 692 8.9336 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,296 8.9340 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,645 8.9418 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 316 8.9440 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 669 8.9469 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18 8.9498 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6 9.0000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 655 8.8093 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 26 8.8320 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,113 8.8540 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 637 8.8770 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,284 8.8860 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 655 8.8889 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5 8.8931 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,253 8.9006 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 327 8.9010 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,778 8.9034 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,515 8.9043 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 546 8.9046 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,113 8.9061 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 889 8.9114 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,614 8.9141 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 559 8.9203 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 400 8.9271 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,435 8.9340 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18 8.9501 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,490 8.9552 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 666 8.9588 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 596 8.8915 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 13,307 8.9010 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,714 8.9365 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: 17 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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