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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: |
| 29 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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| 773,527 | 0.86% | 1,297,339 | 1.44% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,270,404 | 1.41% | 767,678 | 0.85% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,043,931 | 2.27% | 2,065,017 | 2.30% |
(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 | 206,429 | 8.5550 GBP | 8.3010 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | Sale | 124,548 | 8.5500 GBP | 8.3845 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 | 943 | 8.3866 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,025 | 8.3854 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 62 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 495 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 387 | 8.4576 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33 | 8.4650 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,429 | 8.4428 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 67 | 8.4650 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 537 | 8.4400 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 3,038 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,846 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 120 | 8.4699 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,457 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8 | 8.4373 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22 | 8.4404 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,237 | 8.4025 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 337 | 8.3930 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 75 | 8.4419 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 808 | 8.4413 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 496 | 8.4460 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,301 | 8.4105 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 269 | 8.4562 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 681 | 8.3971 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 993 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,925 | 8.3845 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,854 | 8.4436 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 267 | 8.4128 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,348 | 8.3016 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 167 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 70 | 8.3865 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 67 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,754 | 8.4376 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,396 | 8.4376 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 208 | 8.4728 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 5,300 | 8.4516 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 634 | 8.4650 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 266 | 8.4888 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Long | 550 | 8.4522 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,000 | 8.4398 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 371 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 458 | 8.3845 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 62 | 8.4900 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30,519 | 8.4943 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6 | 8.4893 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,366 | 8.4663 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,250 | 8.4026 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,342 | 8.4613 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,695 | 8.4158 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,860 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 670 | 8.4566 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,159 | 8.3844 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Closing Short | 122 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8 | 8.4900 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 184 | 8.5550 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,991 | 8.3845 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,348 | 8.3491 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,503 | 8.4493 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Closing Short | 5,970 | 8.4754 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 3,902 | 8.4754 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,543 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,320 | 8.4349 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 286 | 8.4815 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,300 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 235 | 8.4650 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 2,716 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 623 | 8.4505 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 60 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,862 | 8.4400 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 35 | 8.5244 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,100 | 8.3850 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 320 | 8.4649 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,002 | 8.4650 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 140 | 8.4649 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 483 | 8.5148 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 895 | 8.5474 GBP | |||
0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,668 | 8.4636 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: | 30 Jun 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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