REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
29/04/2026 09:30
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RNS Number : 3942C Barclays PLC 29 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: 28 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: 1,218,870 1.34% 652,984 0.72%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 617,259 0.68% 1,213,732 1.34%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,836,129 2.02% 1,866,716 2.06%
(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 179,825 9.1365 GBP 8.8440 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 105,838 9.1360 GBP 8.8555 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 Increasing Long 4,012 8.9228 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,945 8.8555 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24,052 8.8560 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,214 8.8582 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,600 8.8726 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,747 8.8737 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 8.8738 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9 8.8844 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,134 8.9364 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 168 9.0219 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6 9.0318 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 800 9.0415 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 222 9.0433 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 537 9.0483 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 205 9.0528 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,015 9.0539 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,392 9.0660 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 60 9.0686 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 71 9.0979 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 186 9.1013 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.1160 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 9.1360 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 8.8500 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,482 8.8560 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,132 8.8561 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,270 8.8564 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,827 8.8649 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,560 8.8682 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 296 8.8709 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 144 8.8720 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3 8.8741 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,696 8.8844 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 30 8.8851 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,054 8.8861 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 675 8.8908 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 520 8.8960 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 27 8.8967 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,265 8.8988 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 993 8.9009 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 277 8.9162 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,457 8.9178 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12 8.9300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,822 8.9317 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 522 8.9340 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,929 8.9396 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,284 8.9414 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,505 8.9416 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,992 8.9472 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,378 8.9542 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 39 8.9556 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,672 8.9613 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 539 8.9630 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,978 8.9914 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6 9.0321 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3 9.0506 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 67 9.1260 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,649 9.1365 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 4,399 9.0006 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 15,186 8.8570 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 4,520 8.8679 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: 29 Apr 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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