REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
29/05/2026 12:00
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RNS Number : 2707G Barclays PLC 29 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: 28 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: 1,413,375 1.56% 1,001,800 1.11%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 975,241 1.08% 1,413,352 1.56%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,388,616 2.64% 2,415,152 2.67%
(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 139,060 9.6400 GBP 9.4975 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 203,474 9.6756 GBP 9.4950 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 188 9.4950 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,888 9.5000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.5100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 653 9.5117 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,968 9.5204 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,563 9.5265 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 203 9.5300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 223 9.5306 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 941 9.5325 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,300 9.5371 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,336 9.5372 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,778 9.5382 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 243 9.5385 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 624 9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,370 9.5427 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,164 9.5460 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 152 9.5493 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27 9.5555 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 970 9.6149 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,615 9.8140 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 9.9990 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 10.0000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 259 9.4975 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,015 9.5000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 392 9.5004 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 42 9.5150 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 598 9.5295 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 461 9.5300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 770 9.5303 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,960 9.5351 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,264 9.5359 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,046 9.5367 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,107 9.5373 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,078 9.5394 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,125 9.5537 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 144 9.5592 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 573 9.5599 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 511 9.5625 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 506 9.5856 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,000 9.6009 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 26,319 9.5064 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 548 9.5398 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1 9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 363 9.6259 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 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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