Form8.5EPT/NonRIGAMMACOMMUNICATIONSPLC Replacement.


    03 September 2026 18:02:28
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 3669T
Barclays PLC
03 September 2026
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)  Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8544S published at 09:28 on 01/09/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A

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

 relevant securities this form relates:

GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

28 Aug 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

1,613,284

1.81%

469,522

0.53%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

467,664

0.52%

1,583,328

1.78%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,080,948

2.33%

2,052,850

2.30%

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

0.25p ordinary

Purchase

447604

11.9200  GBP

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

Sale

213,984

11.9900  GBP

11.3995  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,385

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

822

11.4005  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,260

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

520

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

11.6450  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37

11.8439  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,267

11.5283  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

78

11.8385  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

414

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

430

11.5651  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,189

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,543

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,387

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

127

11.5101  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,879

11.6400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,493

11.4583  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

2,184

11.4244  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,384

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

2,800

11.4005  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

7,365

11.4005  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

4

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,500

11.5619  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

194

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

11.5400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

6

11.5800  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,172

11.5668  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

2

11.5800  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

435

11.5668  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

832

11.4010  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,974

11.5167  GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,013

11.6282  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

427

11.5730  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

161

11.5509  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

21,664

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

539

11.3995  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

159,933

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,602

11.5156  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

143

11.4076  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,269

11.6844  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,137

11.6349  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

413

11.5174  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

96

11.5174  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

351

11.5456  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,095

11.5328  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,351

11.4002  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

7,365

11.5110  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,271

11.5110  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

11.5296  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

11.4432  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,627

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,358

11.5880  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,415

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

89

11.7342  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,649

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,119

11.6248  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

376

11.5770  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

3,271

11.6101  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,122

11.6101  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

11.5076  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,491

11.6400  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

961

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60

11.5366  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

844

11.4930  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,132

11.5575  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

735

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

11.5577  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

396

11.8500  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,198

11.6672  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,077

11.5768  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

254

11.5791  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

387

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

11.6476  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

262

11.6900  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

11.4900  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,166

11.4027  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

11.6376  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,672

11.9900  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

265

11.7050  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

71

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

11.5376  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

195

11.4000  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,251

11.7404  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,750

11.6783  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,180

11.6437  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

288

11.5931  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,863

11.6030  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,376

11.5606  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

11.5462  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

40,230

11.7624  GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,270

11.9104  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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 Sept 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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