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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

2nd Sep 2026 11:41

RNS Number : 1218T
Barclays PLC
02 September 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:

 

01 Sep 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:

 

 

1,432,059

1.61%

265,653

0.30%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

262,570

0.29%

1,401,627

1.57%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

1,694,629

1.90%

1,667,280

1.87%

(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

1,143,519

11.6000 GBP

11.3850 GBP

0.25p ordinary

Sale

1,120,875

11.5849 GBP

11.3294 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

148

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

217

11.4011 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,852

11.4000 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

456

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,891

11.5196 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

29

11.5178 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

182

11.5178 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

499

11.4698 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

503

11.4750 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

3,464

11.4991 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

5,612

11.4991 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

11,604

11.4779 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

188

11.4779 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

96

11.5700 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

32

11.5700 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,002

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,126

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64,949

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

81,192

11.4994 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

44,017

11.5219 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,035

11.4904 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,320

11.5477 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,815

11.5538 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

507

11.5532 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

31

11.4864 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,342

11.4733 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,656

11.5064 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,061

11.4436 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

11.4689 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,243

11.4700 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,086

11.5509 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16

11.5321 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6

11.5321 GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

100

11.4000 GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,741

11.5083 GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

8,532

11.4805 GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

9,335

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

467

11.4977 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

384

11.4809 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

404

11.5538 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

42,922

11.5598 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

3,500

11.5422 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80

11.5595 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,642

11.5152 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,224

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49

11.3293 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,888

11.5337 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

144,459

11.4753 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1

11.4298 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

188

11.5181 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

262

11.5181 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

258

11.5849 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,318

11.4945 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,309

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

3,126

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,882

11.5526 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,738

11.4739 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

62

11.5732 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30

11.5721 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

31,020

11.4807 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

194,206

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

2,061

11.5514 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

8,778

11.5514 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

32

11.5735 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,651

11.5464 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,633

11.5059 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

608

11.5059 GBP

0.25p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

896

11.5970 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

42,922

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

246

11.5595 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

195

11.4876 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,135

11.4571 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

183

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2

11.4548 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

265

11.4515 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

295

11.5589 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,754

11.4888 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,041

11.4511 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

8,778

11.4353 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

9,739

11.4353 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,794

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,506

11.5085 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

250

11.5256 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

222

11.4601 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

677

11.5002 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,779

11.5448 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,058

11.4788 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

9,739

11.5507 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,421

11.5507 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,491

11.4700 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

176

11.5684 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24

11.5316 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

408

11.4861 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,371

11.4717 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

113

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,996

11.5180 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

154

11.5594 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,394

11.4740 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,501

11.5298 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,996

11.4798 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,273

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,437

11.4984 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

339

11.5605 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,158

11.5324 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

50,571

11.4700 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

26,880

11.4700 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

1,035

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

11,199

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,745

11.4914 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,461

11.4753 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,189

11.4974 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

202

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

989

11.5206 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

508

11.3850 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,386

11.5600 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,558

11.5027 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,662

11.4400 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

48,303

11.4744 GBP

0.25p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

93,452

11.4744 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:

02 Sep 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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