REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
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RNS Number : 8459G Barclays PLC 03 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: 02 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: 1,332,054 1.48% 1,199,301 1.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,172,715 1.30% 1,331,325 1.47%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,504,769 2.77% 2,530,626 2.80%
(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 79,244 9.9000 GBP 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 218,071 9.9000 GBP 9.6250 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 155 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 669 9.6254 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 868 9.6308 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 406 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 818 9.6924 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 92 9.7532 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 411 9.7480 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,684 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 4,548 9.7664 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 156 9.7664 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 1,096 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 7,618 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,337 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15 9.6335 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 23 9.6284 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 61 9.6282 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,643 9.6288 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 768 9.6284 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,229 9.6434 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 202 9.6287 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,241 9.6288 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,333 9.6546 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4 9.6300 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 5 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 9 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,018 9.5958 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 570 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 588 9.6416 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 8,596 9.6430 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 328 9.6268 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 26,377 9.6580 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 2 9.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 101 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 244 9.6960 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 56 9.8305 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,714 9.6546 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,214 9.6252 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,516 9.6254 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 165 9.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,150 9.7953 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 128 9.8082 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,143 9.6518 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 156 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 58 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 16,564 9.6945 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,148 9.6542 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 9.8100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 9.8573 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,143 9.7204 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 176 9.7950 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 655 9.6960 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 38 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 853 9.6475 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 154 9.6450 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Long 58 9.7117 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 190 9.6472 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 414 9.6269 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1 9.8848 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 9.8851 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,568 9.6559 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 84 9.6337 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 50 9.8500 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 9.8576 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 2,171 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 53,459 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 444 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 456 9.7009 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 20,046 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,554 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 68 9.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,302 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 138 9.6375 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 162 9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,236 9.6573 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,907 9.6275 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,976 9.7336 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 113 9.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 388 9.7375 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 834 9.6629 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 321 9.8050 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,839 9.7307 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 5,438 9.7603 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: 03 Jun 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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