1st Jul 2026 11:55
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: |
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(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 30 Jun 2026 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 0.25p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 836,247 | 0.93% | 1,090,563 | 1.21% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,060,899 | 1.18% | 828,895 | 0.92% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1,897,146 | 2.11% | 1,919,458 | 2.14% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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0.25p ordinary | Purchase | 354,656 | 8.5430 GBP | 8.3700 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | Sale | 85,160 | 8.4883 GBP | 8.3854 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,805 | 8.4061 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,574 | 8.4045 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 75 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 545 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,996 | 8.4241 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 345 | 8.4130 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 65 | 8.4394 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 187 | 8.4443 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 801 | 8.4436 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 317 | 8.4462 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,857 | 8.4210 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 103 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,793 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,222 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 297 | 8.4051 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6 | 8.4073 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 15 | 8.4073 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,060 | 8.4125 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 469 | 8.4081 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,765 | 8.4238 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50 | 8.4073 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 543 | 8.4073 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 301 | 8.4081 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,402 | 8.4193 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 900 | 8.4403 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,818 | 8.4126 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,337 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 980 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 414 | 8.4221 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,838 | 8.4045 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,933 | 8.4025 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18,749 | 8.3866 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 95 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,821 | 8.4188 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,420 | 8.4188 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 3,564 | 8.4058 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 33 | 8.3700 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Closing Long | 1,186 | 8.4785 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 568 | 8.4159 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,193 | 8.4180 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,000 | 8.3853 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 910 | 8.4045 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 75 | 8.4423 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 114 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,936 | 8.3985 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 671 | 8.4131 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,744 | 8.4294 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 435 | 8.4097 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 74,358 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 8.4400 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,224 | 8.4057 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 42,172 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,260 | 8.4450 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,687 | 8.5044 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,886 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,362 | 8.3946 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 44 | 8.4550 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,752 | 8.4101 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 139 | 8.4330 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,618 | 8.4045 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,374 | 8.5435 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,356 | 8.4045 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 180 | 8.4399 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 8.4500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,900 | 8.4516 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 35 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 74,689 | 8.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 852 | 8.4366 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 281 | 8.4340 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,141 | 8.4167 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,514 | 8.4212 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 2,380 | 8.4001 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 993 | 8.4207 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,607 | 8.4372 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,767 | 8.4178 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 01 Jul 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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