REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
27/04/2026 08:45
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RNS Number : 0091C Barclays PLC 27 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: 24 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: 1,090,700 1.20% 712,649 0.78%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 677,087 0.75% 1,085,675 1.20%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,767,787 1.95% 1,798,324 1.98%
(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 181,845 9.5840 GBP 9.3993 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 251,673 9.5820 GBP 9.3999 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 560 9.3999 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31,973 9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,288 9.4058 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,136 9.4100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 430 9.4179 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,770 9.4282 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,823 9.4316 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,304 9.4319 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.4320 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 9.4380 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,677 9.4409 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 274 9.4417 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 885 9.4463 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 20,982 9.4480 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,324 9.4512 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,862 9.4518 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 384 9.4529 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 395 9.4546 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,677 9.4548 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,546 9.4579 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 174 9.4640 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 717 9.4665 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 9.4669 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 634 9.4673 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,557 9.4677 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,290 9.4678 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 339 9.4781 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 157 9.4860 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 25,200 9.4881 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 389 9.4931 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.5500 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,982 9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,078 9.4004 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,629 9.4031 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 800 9.4149 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 559 9.4324 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16 9.4380 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 407 9.4407 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 365 9.4414 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2 9.4420 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 623 9.4500 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 355 9.4549 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 42 9.4607 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 57 9.4610 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,466 9.4648 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,792 9.4667 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 68 9.4700 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 155 9.4796 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 165 9.4851 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 67,078 9.4860 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 246 9.4893 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,431 9.4564 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,288 9.4761 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: 27 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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