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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC.

    23 April 2026 14:40:27
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 6845B
Barclays PLC
23 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:

 

22 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:

 

 

1,346,337

1.48%

499,902

0.55%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

462,284

0.51%

1,337,256

1.47%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

1,808,621

1.99%

1,837,158

2.02%

(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

158,186

9.4582  GBP

9.3660  GBP

0.25p ordinary

Sale

260,087

9.5431  GBP

9.3655  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

348

9.3655  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,004

9.3660  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

258

9.3739  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,244

9.3790  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,407

9.3866  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

55

9.3900  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17

9.4010  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,225

9.4036  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,437

9.4055  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,294

9.4075  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,425

9.4094  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,629

9.4097  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

839

9.4136  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,910

9.4138  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,727

9.4146  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,983

9.4153  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

289

9.4156  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

766

9.4162  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,300

9.4179  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,052

9.4190  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,547

9.4201  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

9.4208  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,541

9.4224  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

530

9.4258  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,595

9.4313  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

75,000

9.4398  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

9.4543  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

9.3360  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,816

9.3660  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,242

9.3684  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,143

9.3783  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,136

9.3940  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

762

9.4049  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

9.4100  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

9.4120  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

61

9.4133  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

124

9.4139  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

177

9.4140  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,297

9.4174  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

9.4211  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

898

9.4230  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

391

9.4284  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

390

9.4328  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,244

9.4339  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

608

9.4367  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

9.4420  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5

9.4537  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

9.4571  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

274

9.4269  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,571

9.3979  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:

23 Apr 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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