REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
20/05/2026 11:30
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RNS Number : 1062F Barclays PLC 20 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: 19 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: 1,299,534 1.44% 1,037,376 1.15%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,003,623 1.11% 1,295,352 1.43%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,303,157 2.55% 2,332,728 2.58%
(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 277,518 10.1220 GBP 9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary Sale 159,256 9.9950 GBP 9.7400 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 28,922 9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22 9.7548 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,578 9.7765 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 755 9.7873 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6 9.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 9.8100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 79 9.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 240 9.8401 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,184 9.8499 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,172 9.8545 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,276 9.8620 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,268 9.8624 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19 9.8791 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 392 9.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2 9.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 223 9.9163 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,480 9.9205 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 162 9.9243 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 178 9.9244 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 103 9.9593 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 32,623 9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,375 9.7404 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,572 9.7409 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,714 9.7485 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 448 9.7524 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22 9.7551 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,425 9.7703 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 317 9.7911 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 9.8017 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 190 9.8150 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,147 9.8502 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50 9.8600 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,338 9.8667 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,355 9.8828 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,539 9.8834 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,399 9.8862 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,333 9.8902 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 235 9.8915 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,118 9.9080 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,817 9.9101 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,528 9.9395 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 9.9400 GBP
0.25p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 178 9.9676 GBP
0.25p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2 9.9150 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: 20 May 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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