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Transaction in Own Shares

20th Apr 2026 07:00

RNS Number : 9963A
Gamma Communications PLC
20 April 2026
 

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION

20 April 2026

Gamma Communications plc

 

Transaction in Own Shares and Rule 2.9 Announcement

 

Gamma Communications plc ("Gamma" or the "Company") announces today that in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 13 January 2026 (the "Buyback Programme"), it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 0.25 pence each ("ordinary shares") through Investec Bank plc ("Investec").

 

Ordinary shares

Date of purchase:

17 April 2026

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

2,220

Lowest price per share (pence):

896.60

Highest price per share (pence):

903.00

Weighted average price per day (pence):

899.8096

 

 The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

 

Following settlement of the above purchases, Gamma has purchased a total of 1,300,401 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 92,463,950 ordinary shares in issue. There are 1,587,800 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 90,876,150 and this can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

 

Rule 2.9

The Company announced on 7 April 2026 that it had entered into an offer period. The ordinary shares are relevant securities of Gamma for the purposes of Rule 8 of The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (the "Code"). In accordance with Rule 2.9 of the Code, the Company confirms that it has 90,876,150 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) as at the date and time of this announcement. The ordinary shares are voting shares (each such ordinary share carries one vote per ordinary share) and are admitted to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the International Securities Identification Number GB00BQS10J50 and the Company's LEI number is 213800LAQZXPRIZUEH50.

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted average price (p)

Aggregated volume

Lowest price per share (p)

Highest price per share (p)

XLON

899.8096

2,220

896.60

903.00

 

 

Schedule of Purchases - Individual Transactions

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it forms part of UK law, a full breakdown of the individual trades made by Investec on behalf of the Company as part of the Programme is found below.

 

Date and time of each trade

Number of shares purchased

Price (pence per share)

Trading Venue

Transaction Reference Number

17 April 2026 08:09:28

279

898.20

XLON

00388616941TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:27:02

117

896.60

XLON

00388626973TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:33:03

257

899.00

XLON

00388630154TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:48:01

113

897.80

XLON

00388638166TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:50:09

129

897.80

XLON

00388639159TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:50:09

113

897.80

XLON

00388639160TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:57:28

54

900.80

XLON

00388643848TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:57:28

125

902.20

XLON

00388643858TRLO1

17 April 2026 08:57:28

125

902.40

XLON

00388643859TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:12:56

89

902.60

XLON

00388653251TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:13:51

2

902.60

XLON

00388653764TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:20:12

126

903.00

XLON

00388658042TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:27:26

120

901.00

XLON

00388663734TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:27:26

123

899.80

XLON

00388663735TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:27:26

24

899.80

XLON

00388663738TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:27:26

22

899.80

XLON

00388663739TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:27:26

124

899.60

XLON

00388663746TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:27:26

124

899.40

XLON

00388663747TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:31:13

19

903.00

XLON

00388666866TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:31:13

17

903.00

XLON

00388666867TRLO1

17 April 2026 09:32:41

118

901.80

XLON

00388667892TRLO1

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Gamma Communications plc

Martin Hellawell, Chair

Andrew Belshaw, Chief Executive Officer

Rachael Matzopoulos, Company Secretary

 

+44 (0) 33 3006 5972

Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its Investment Bank

(Lead Financial Adviser)

Alastair Blackman / Alex Evans / Callum West / Michael Hart

 

+44 (0) 20 7623 2323

Q Advisors (Joint Financial Adviser) 

Michael Quinn / Kristian MacCarter

 

+1 720 837 3214

Investec (Joint Financial Adviser and Joint Broker) 

Patrick Robb / Virginia Bull

 

+44 (0) 20 7597 5970

Peel Hunt (Joint Financial Adviser and Joint Broker) 

Neil Patel / Benjamin Cryer / Kate Bannatyne 

+44 (0) 20 7418 8900 

Teneo (Financial PR Adviser) 

James Macey White / Matt Low

+44 (0) 20 7260 2700

Disclaimer

Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its Investment Bank ("Barclays"), which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, is acting exclusively for Gamma and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Gamma for providing the protections afforded to clients of Barclays nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to in this announcement.

Investec Bank plc ("Investec"), which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority (the "PRA") and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and PRA in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Gamma and for no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to any person other than Gamma for providing the protections afforded to clients of Investec, nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to in this announcement. Neither Investec nor any of its subsidiaries, branches or affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Investec in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.

Peel Hunt LLP is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and is acting exclusively for Gamma and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Gamma for providing the protections afforded to clients of Peel Hunt LLP nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to in this announcement.

In accordance with the Code, normal United Kingdom market practice and Rule 14e-5(b) of the Securities Exchange Act 1934 of the United States, Barclays, Investec, Peel Hunt and its affiliates will continue to act as exempt principal traders in Gamma securities on the London Stock Exchange. These purchases and activities by exempt principal traders which are required to be made public in the United Kingdom pursuant to the Code will be reported to a Regulatory Information Service and will be available on the London Stock Exchange website at www.londonstockexchange.com. This information will also be publicly disclosed in the United States to the extent that such information is made public in the United Kingdom.

Disclosure requirements of the Code

Under Rule 8.3(a) of the Code, any person who is interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of an offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror (being any offeror other than an offeror in respect of which it has been announced that its offer is, or is likely to be, solely in cash) must make an Opening Position Disclosure following the commencement of the offer period and, if later, following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. An Opening Position Disclosure must contain details of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s). An Opening Position Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(a) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the commencement of the offer period and, if appropriate, by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the 10th business day following the announcement in which any securities exchange offeror is first identified. Relevant persons who deal in the relevant securities of the offeree company or of a securities exchange offeror prior to the deadline for making an Opening Position Disclosure must instead make a Dealing Disclosure.

Under Rule 8.3(b) of the Code, any person who is, or becomes, interested in 1% or more of any class of relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror must make a Dealing Disclosure if the person deals in any relevant securities of the offeree company or of any securities exchange offeror. A Dealing Disclosure must contain details of the dealing concerned and of the person's interests and short positions in, and rights to subscribe for, any relevant securities of each of (i) the offeree company and (ii) any securities exchange offeror(s), save to the extent that these details have previously been disclosed under Rule 8. A Dealing Disclosure by a person to whom Rule 8.3(b) applies must be made by no later than 3.30 pm (London time) on the business day following the date of the relevant dealing.

If two or more persons act together pursuant to an agreement or understanding, whether formal or informal, to acquire or control an interest in relevant securities of an offeree company or a securities exchange offeror, they will be deemed to be a single person for the purpose of Rule 8.3.Opening Position Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company and by any offeror and Dealing Disclosures must also be made by the offeree company, by any offeror and by any persons acting in concert with any of them (see Rules 8.1, 8.2 and 8.4).Details of the offeree and offeror companies in respect of whose relevant securities Opening Position Disclosures and Dealing Disclosures must be made can be found in the Disclosure Table on the Takeover Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk, including details of the number of relevant securities in issue, when the offer period commenced and when any offeror was first identified. You should contact the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit on +44 (0) 20 7638 0129 if you are in any doubt as to whether you are required to make an Opening Position Disclosure or a Dealing Disclosure.

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