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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: |
| 10 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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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,295,017 | 1.44% | 1,305,761 | 1.45% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,281,673 | 1.42% | 1,294,434 | 1.44% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,576,690 | 2.86% | 2,600,195 | 2.88% |
(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 | 300,402 | 9.7850 GBP | 9.4050 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | Sale | 248,558 | 9.7840 GBP | 9.4200 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 | 593 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,324 | 9.7495 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 654 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 536 | 9.7333 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26 | 9.6793 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 105 | 9.6788 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 198 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 4,584 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 4,785 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 13,134 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13,022 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 13 | 9.7529 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36 | 9.7536 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,160 | 9.7534 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,192 | 9.7534 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 115 | 9.7534 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,266 | 9.7534 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 69 | 9.5892 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 425 | 9.7203 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,918 | 9.7272 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 9.4600 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 9.4550 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 77,641 | 9.7312 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 76 | 9.6585 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,396 | 9.6054 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 31 | 9.7374 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 79 | 9.7219 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 29 | 9.7219 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 527 | 9.4560 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,000 | 9.5990 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,462 | 9.7498 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 84 | 9.5391 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,000 | 9.6702 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 729 | 9.7542 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,647 | 9.7504 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,521 | 9.6816 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 9,351 | 9.4839 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 301 | 9.5297 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,138 | 9.7470 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,188 | 9.5834 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 425 | 9.5059 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 9.7700 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 9.7726 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 82 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 662 | 9.7056 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 246 | 9.7056 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 145 | 9.3959 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,362 | 9.7404 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 47 | 9.4550 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 9.4600 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 15 | 9.7839 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,158 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,543 | 9.6586 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,627 | 9.6027 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 441 | 9.4690 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 246 | 9.6093 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 53,255 | 9.4200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,153 | 9.6241 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 14 | 9.7851 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,994 | 9.6381 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 29 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,663 | 9.6368 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,053 | 9.7500 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 76,384 | 9.7214 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 16,794 | 9.4200 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,794 | 9.6119 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 24,025 | 9.6677 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,347 | 9.6376 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: | 11 Jun 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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