24th Apr 2026 09:50
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: |
| 23 Apr 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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| 1,140,881 | 1.26% | 693,002 | 0.76% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 655,711 | 0.72% | 1,133,886 | 1.25% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| TOTAL: |
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| 1,796,592 | 1.98% | 1,826,888 | 2.01% |
(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 | 194,724 | 9.6264 GBP | 9.3780 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | Sale | 593,280 | 9.6400 GBP | 9.3300 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 | Decreasing Short | 46 | 9.3920 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 341 | 9.3933 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,402 | 9.3938 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 881 | 9.4213 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 470 | 9.4625 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,606 | 9.4794 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,198 | 9.4872 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 599 | 9.4923 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,326 | 9.5013 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,082 | 9.5052 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,288 | 9.5079 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 764 | 9.5095 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 80,574 | 9.5100 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,906 | 9.5103 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15 | 9.5144 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,839 | 9.5189 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,391 | 9.5199 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 73,813 | 9.5250 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 9.5268 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,823 | 9.5287 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,349 | 9.5293 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 137,449 | 9.5340 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,086 | 9.5423 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,611 | 9.5424 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,935 | 9.5425 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,884 | 9.5476 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,011 | 9.5482 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,000 | 9.5490 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,314 | 9.5513 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,580 | 9.5648 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 39 | 9.5758 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,238 | 9.5884 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26,610 | 9.3780 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 375 | 9.4081 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 165 | 9.4512 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,751 | 9.4962 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,263 | 9.4992 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 70 | 9.5060 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,328 | 9.5097 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,249 | 9.5100 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,264 | 9.5104 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,792 | 9.5162 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25 | 9.5691 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 9.5700 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15 | 9.5847 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 195 | 9.6000 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 39 | 9.6033 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 9.6180 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 37 | 9.6260 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1 | 9.5100 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,019 | 9.5310 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 904 | 9.5875 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: | 24 Apr 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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