REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
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RNS Number : 6979G Barclays PLC 02 June 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: 01 Jun 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: 1,353,863 1.50% 1,082,283 1.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,053,143 1.17% 1,353,044 1.50%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,407,006 2.66% 2,435,327 2.70%
(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 89,853 9.8404 GBP 9.5528 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 184,735 9.8400 GBP 9.5400 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 192 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 233 9.5907 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,135 9.6779 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,751 9.6093 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 129 9.6126 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 821 9.6302 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 650 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 4,548 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 1,259 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 1,096 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,823 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22 9.6165 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 327 9.6750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,331 9.6300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,011 9.6450 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 15 9.6505 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4 9.6149 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 233 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 9.6100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,930 9.8333 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 779 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 38,639 9.7189 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 2 9.6100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 928 9.5758 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 345 9.5758 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Closing Short 681 9.8392 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,500 9.7547 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,582 9.7150 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 750 9.5891 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 20 9.6190 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,059 9.6450 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 375 9.8120 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 233 9.6085 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 193 9.6100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,755 9.6729 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 158 9.5958 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,146 9.7068 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 78 9.7300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,763 9.6325 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,646 9.6300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,934 9.6644 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 233 9.6100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 7,864 9.7682 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 120 9.5750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,430 9.5783 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5,300 9.5984 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,685 9.6300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 233 9.6143 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 161 9.6877 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 606 9.6877 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 75 9.7050 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,070 9.6450 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,859 9.6325 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,605 9.6425 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 667 9.5846 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 640 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,276 9.6699 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,904 9.6325 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 466 9.5528 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 84 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 73 9.6325 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 36 9.6325 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,433 9.6096 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 305 9.5851 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 463 9.5797 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Closing Short 3,930 9.6126 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Opening Long 3,810 9.6126 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 37 9.6325 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,722 9.8404 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 88 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,860 9.6750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,208 9.6750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 995 9.5848 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,508 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 3,571 9.6399 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,325 9.6750 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 523 9.8404 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 76 9.7335 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,248 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 567 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 312 9.5587 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 561 9.6859 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Closing Long 239 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 597 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,114 9.7050 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 506 9.7050 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 323 9.5897 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 160 9.8150 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 533 9.7050 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 78 9.7300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 599 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 10,481 9.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 909 9.6156 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 631 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,318 9.7175 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,258 9.6163 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 5,544 9.5958 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 411 9.6014 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,282 9.6168 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 393 9.7930 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 270 9.5731 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,292 9.5847 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 624 9.7522 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: 02 Jun 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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