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Barclays PLC, Gamma Communications PLC

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 3201B
Barclays PLC
21 April 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:

 

20 Apr 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:

 

 

1,514,129

1.67%

519,008

0.57%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

483,902

0.53%

1,466,730

1.61%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

1,998,031

2.20%

1,985,738

2.19%

(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

125,711

9.3287  GBP

9.0910  GBP

0.25p ordinary

Sale

151,181

9.3262  GBP

9.1684  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

33

9.1684  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

246

9.1771  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,900

9.1845  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

228

9.1921  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

149

9.1943  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,010

9.1971  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

346

9.2016  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

236

9.2080  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

9.2111  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,511

9.2122  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64

9.2125  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

820

9.2183  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,420

9.2191  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14

9.2251  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

290

9.2261  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20

9.2318  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,760

9.2339  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,384

9.2355  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,972

9.2356  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,049

9.2390  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,248

9.2395  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,120

9.2400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

696

9.2402  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11

9.2468  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,724

9.2557  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,579

9.2571  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,818

9.2694  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

145

9.2723  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,958

9.2833  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,127

9.2986  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

424

9.2999  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,161

9.3060  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

113

9.3120  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,800

9.3192  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

113

9.3262  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,813

9.0918  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,978

9.1416  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,812

9.1693  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

9.2000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

158

9.2160  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,042

9.2265  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

497

9.2266  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,383

9.2400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

462

9.2458  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

406

9.2796  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40

9.3135  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

289

9.2062  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,144

9.3174  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:

21 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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