REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
14/05/2026 11:15
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RNS Number : 3586E Barclays PLC 14 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: 13 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: 1,067,578 1.18% 867,984 0.96%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 831,100 0.92% 1,063,199 1.17%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,898,678 2.10% 1,931,183 2.13%
(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 130,083 9.4400 GBP 9.1010 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 216,144 9.4245 GBP 9.1500 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 28 9.1500 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,431 9.2545 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 473 9.2549 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,933 9.2550 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 36 9.2594 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,703 9.2600 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,985 9.2639 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 398 9.2750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,000 9.2774 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,933 9.2787 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 319 9.2850 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,243 9.2870 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,320 9.2887 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 915 9.2944 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,046 9.2964 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,384 9.3099 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 639 9.3117 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,466 9.3189 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,208 9.3223 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,427 9.3224 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 9.3225 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 782 9.3290 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 407 9.3292 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,384 9.3562 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.3573 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 120 9.3713 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32,592 9.3891 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 137 9.3950 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,521 9.4245 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.1600 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 34,637 9.2550 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,122 9.2554 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,380 9.2650 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 83 9.2750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 723 9.2810 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,072 9.2928 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.3100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,670 9.3140 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 151 9.3225 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,000 9.3529 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.3576 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.3900 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 51 9.4400 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 289 9.2443 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: 14 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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