1st Jun 2026 12:53
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: |
| 29 May 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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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,395,219 | 1.54% | 1,028,757 | 1.14% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,000,654 | 1.11% | 1,395,218 | 1.54% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,395,873 | 2.65% | 2,423,975 | 2.68% |
(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 | 147,547 | 9.6650 GBP | 9.5170 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | Sale | 192,660 | 9.9400 GBP | 9.5825 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 | 951 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,197 | 9.6195 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 94 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 11,277 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 11,277 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 157 | 9.6650 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 82 | 9.6267 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 329 | 9.6274 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,768 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,866 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,420 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 266 | 9.6495 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,434 | 9.6242 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 112 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,839 | 9.6190 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 9.6150 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 350 | 9.6237 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,623 | 9.5166 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 306 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2 | 9.9400 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 930 | 9.6335 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 346 | 9.6335 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 300 | 9.5802 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,977 | 9.6190 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 2,075 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 294 | 9.6495 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 768 | 9.6245 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 759 | 9.6195 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 94 | 9.6227 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 246 | 9.6227 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 690 | 9.6491 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 56 | 9.5949 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 775 | 9.6260 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 16,814 | 9.6208 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 112 | 9.6210 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 815 | 9.6210 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 9.6051 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 9.6182 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,110 | 9.6182 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 9.6048 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 306 | 9.6182 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 659 | 9.6182 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 168 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 2 | 9.6200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Closing Short | 300 | 9.6346 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 8,510 | 9.6346 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 697 | 9.6408 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 154 | 9.6210 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 625 | 9.6133 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 742 | 9.6427 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 378 | 9.6463 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,093 | 9.6237 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 503 | 9.6258 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 214 | 9.6400 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 119 | 9.6370 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,138 | 9.6280 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,060 | 9.6213 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 625 | 9.6100 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Closing Long | 8,251 | 9.5950 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 156 | 9.5950 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 647 | 9.6057 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,334 | 9.6121 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 876 | 9.6326 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 252 | 9.6191 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,794 | 9.6153 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 239 | 9.6104 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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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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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 Jun 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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