Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC.


    25 August 2026 11:40:24
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RNS Number : 0861S
Barclays PLC
25 August 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:

 

24 Aug 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:

 

 

1,523,167

1.71%

455,419

0.51%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

453,053

0.51%

1,493,330

1.67%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

1,976,220

2.22%

1,948,749

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

199,808

11.0300  GBP

10.8000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

Sale

288,316

11.0387  GBP

10.8865  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 Short

196

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

431

10.9505  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

887

11.0300  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

140

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

500

10.8999  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,437

10.9366  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

56

10.8301  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

104

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,602

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,989

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,101

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,717

10.9272  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

333

10.9638  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4

11.0300  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,739

10.9590  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

807

10.9563  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

116,936

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

3,609

10.9505  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5

10.9490  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

10.3981  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,201

10.9400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

11.0300  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

959

10.9509  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

356

10.9509  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,531

10.9557  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

6,447

10.9100  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

336

10.9606  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

67

10.9608  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,299

10.9967  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

973

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,905

10.9494  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,996

10.9758  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

784

11.0100  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

104

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4,891

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,690

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

948

11.0300  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,457

10.9668  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

122

10.9549  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,500

10.4426  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,069

10.9400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,579

10.9726  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

106

10.9961  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

104

10.9350  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

7,528

10.9681  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

821

10.9681  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

1,725

10.9516  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,471

10.9516  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

11,066

10.9431  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,506

10.9431  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6

10.9375  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

10.6325  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12

11.0300  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

368

10.9350  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

2,471

10.9330  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

4,284

10.9330  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,904

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4

10.9375  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

10.7804  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,734

10.9299  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

4,284

10.9515  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

866

10.9515  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

10.7324  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,346

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

126

11.0038  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

10.7524  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

612

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

85

10.9820  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,884

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

223

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,681

10.9400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

684

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

912

10.9500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,253

10.9073  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

912

10.9400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

30,536

10.9400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,037

10.9694  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,470

10.9560  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,495

10.9579  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

665

10.9590  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,123

10.9789  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,500

10.8000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

33,108

10.9382  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,669

10.9382  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:

25 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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