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Barclays PLC — Director's Dealing 2026
May 15, 2026
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RNS Number : 5502E
Barclays PLC
15 May 2026
| 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: | |||||||
| (c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC | |||||
| principal trader is connected | |||||||
| (d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 14 May 2026 | |||||
| (e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO | |||||
| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | |||||||
| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree | ||||||
| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) | |||||||
| Class of relevant security: | 0.25p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | ||||||
| Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||
| (1) | Relevant securities owned | ||||||
| and/or controlled: | 1,152,699 | 1.27% | 895,288 | 0.99% | |||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||
| and/or controlled: | 856,749 | 0.95% | 1,149,869 | 1.27% | |||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| TOTAL: | 2,009,448 | 2.22% | 2,045,157 | 2.26% | |||
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive | ||||||
| options) | |||||||
| Class of relevant security in relation to | |||||||
| which subscription right exists | |||||||
| Details, including nature of the rights | |||||||
| concerned and relevant percentages: | |||||||
| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales | ||||||
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
| security | securities | paid/received | paid/received | ||||
| 0.25p ordinary | Purchase | 194,032 | 9.3440 GBP | 9.1675 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | Sale | 136,215 | 9.3450 GBP | 9.1375 GBP | |||
| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
| relevant | description | reference | unit | ||||
| security | securities | ||||||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 9.1400 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,204 | 9.1690 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6 | 9.1800 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 159 | 9.1832 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 889 | 9.1927 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,152 | 9.1952 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,569 | 9.2042 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,612 | 9.2099 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 287 | 9.2187 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 387 | 9.2250 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,678 | 9.2258 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 251 | 9.2283 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 173 | 9.2356 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 551 | 9.2480 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 721 | 9.2534 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 61 | 9.2611 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,791 | 9.2741 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 469 | 9.2750 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 9.2900 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,060 | 9.2978 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,499 | 9.2994 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 897 | 9.3046 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,658 | 9.3064 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,377 | 9.3077 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,174 | 9.3131 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,329 | 9.3190 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 61 | 9.3250 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 673 | 9.3274 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 170 | 9.3289 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 775 | 9.3295 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 21,725 | 9.3300 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,813 | 9.1016 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 9.1700 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 9.1900 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 178 | 9.1950 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14,100 | 9.2096 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 255 | 9.2126 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 905 | 9.2228 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,467 | 9.2244 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 213 | 9.2300 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 952 | 9.2329 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,200 | 9.2472 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,994 | 9.2531 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 80,170 | 9.2565 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17 | 9.2600 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,813 | 9.2606 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,723 | 9.3140 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,746 | 9.3216 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,503 | 9.3222 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,514 | 9.3290 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,518 | 9.3300 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,544 | 9.3304 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10 | 9.3306 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,812 | 9.3444 GBP | |||
| 0.25p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 68 | 9.2130 GBP | |||
| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||
| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
| of | description | purchasing, | of | price | date | money | |
| relevant | selling, | securities | per unit | paid/ | |||
| security | varying etc | to which | received | ||||
| option | per unit | ||||||
| relates | |||||||
| (ii) | Exercising | ||||||
| Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
| security | securities | unit | |||||
| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||
| Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
| security | applicable) | ||||||
| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | ||||||
| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, | |||||||
| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal | |||||||
| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party | |||||||
| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: | |||||||
| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives | ||||||
| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between | |||||||
| the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: | |||||||
| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or | |||||||
| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which | |||||||
| any derivative is referenced: | |||||||
| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments | ||||||
| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 15 May 2026 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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