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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: |
| 02 Jul 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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| 885,754 | 0.99% | 968,448 | 1.08% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 930,187 | 1.04% | 876,897 | 0.98% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1,815,941 | 2.02% | 1,845,345 | 2.05% |
(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 | 148,041 | 8.6547 GBP | 8.5470 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | Sale | 80,877 | 8.6800 GBP | 8.5449 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 Long | 717 | 8.5714 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,991 | 8.5745 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 95 | 8.6008 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 330 | 8.5449 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 130 | 8.5962 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 38 | 8.5962 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 207 | 8.5898 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 66 | 8.5898 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 136 | 8.5967 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 151 | 8.5967 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,301 | 8.5743 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 229 | 8.6041 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 176 | 8.5600 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 3,963 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,494 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,847 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9 | 8.5744 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 25 | 8.5744 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,308 | 8.5742 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 562 | 8.5732 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,379 | 8.5839 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 81 | 8.5744 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 885 | 8.5744 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 671 | 8.5820 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,142 | 8.5830 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,320 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 338 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 8.5900 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,673 | 8.5843 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,778 | 8.5913 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 768 | 8.5933 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14,062 | 8.5470 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,235 | 8.5751 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 70 | 8.5775 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 114 | 8.6332 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 270 | 8.5966 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 966 | 8.5949 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 759 | 8.5973 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 473 | 8.5962 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 937 | 8.5755 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,000 | 8.5944 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 378 | 8.5754 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 95 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,078 | 8.5749 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 100 | 8.6450 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 80 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,536 | 8.5720 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,358 | 8.5926 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 817 | 8.5753 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,676 | 8.6077 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 306 | 8.6332 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26 | 8.5775 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 601 | 8.5664 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 328 | 8.5949 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,587 | 8.6016 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 163 | 8.6125 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,963 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,164 | 8.6378 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,724 | 8.6093 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,208 | 8.5885 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 524 | 8.6298 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 636 | 8.6054 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 166 | 8.6547 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,732 | 8.5979 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,722 | 8.5750 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,937 | 8.5934 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 453 | 8.5903 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 335 | 8.6158 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,042 | 8.5925 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 |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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: | 03 Jul 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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