Transaction in Own Shares

Summary by AI BETAClose X

Gamma Communications PLC has purchased 15,684 ordinary shares on August 12, 2026, as part of its ongoing share buyback program, with a weighted average price of 981.3021 pence per share, ranging from 971.00 to 991.00 pence. These shares are intended for cancellation, and following this transaction, the company will have 89,242,295 ordinary shares in issue, with 1,503,674 held in treasury, resulting in a total of 89,242,295 voting rights. The company also confirmed it has 89,242,295 ordinary shares in issue as of the announcement date, in accordance with the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.

Disclaimer*

Gamma Communications PLC
13 August 2026
 

13 August 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                    

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:

12 August 2026

Number of ordinary shares purchased:

15,684

Lowest price per share (pence):

971.00

Highest price per share (pence):

991.00

Weighted average price per day (pence):

981.3021

 

 The Company intends to cancel the purchased ordinary shares.

 

Following settlement of the above purchases, Gamma has purchased a total of 3,018,382 ordinary shares since the commencement of the buyback programme and will have 90,745,969 ordinary shares in issue. There are 1,503,674 ordinary shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company are therefore 89,242,295 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 89,242,295 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

981.3021

15,684

971.00

991.00

 

 

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

12 August 2026 08:13:51

75

                      971.00

XLON

00413163524TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:15:33

81

                      975.00

XLON

00413164981TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:15:50

71

                      975.00

XLON

00413165221TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:15:50

10

                      975.00

XLON

00413165222TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:15:50

44

                      975.00

XLON

00413165229TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:15:50

33

                      975.00

XLON

00413165230TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:15:50

44

                      975.00

XLON

00413165231TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:15:50

33

                      975.00

XLON

00413165232TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:21:39

77

                      972.50

XLON

00413170553TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:53:50

304

                      975.50

XLON

00413198982TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:54:00

24

                      976.00

XLON

00413199088TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:54:00

4

                      976.00

XLON

00413199089TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:54:25

200

                      977.00

XLON

00413199397TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:57:40

40

                      977.50

XLON

00413202616TRLO1

12 August 2026 08:57:40

97

                      977.50

XLON

00413202617TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:16:18

77

                      977.50

XLON

00413218724TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:28:53

82

                      978.00

XLON

00413229347TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:37:00

77

                      977.50

XLON

00413236122TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:37:00

41

                      977.50

XLON

00413236123TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:37:00

25

                      977.50

XLON

00413236124TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:37:00

28

                      977.50

XLON

00413236125TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:42:19

81

                      976.50

XLON

00413240216TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:51:21

83

                      977.00

XLON

00413254298TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:51:21

1

                      977.00

XLON

00413254299TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:51:21

5

                      977.00

XLON

00413254300TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:51:21

116

                      977.00

XLON

00413254301TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:51:21

28

                      977.00

XLON

00413254302TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:51:21

2

                      977.00

XLON

00413254303TRLO1

12 August 2026 09:51:24

216

                      977.00

XLON

00413254354TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:05:13

82

                      976.50

XLON

00413278412TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:05:13

2

                      976.50

XLON

00413278413TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:10:23

60

                      977.50

XLON

00413287278TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:10:23

35

                      977.50

XLON

00413287279TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:10:27

17

                      977.50

XLON

00413287369TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:10:33

72

                      977.50

XLON

00413287582TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:10:46

87

                      977.50

XLON

00413287930TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:10:53

37

                      977.50

XLON

00413288200TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:11:05

1

                      977.50

XLON

00413288503TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:11:24

14

                      977.50

XLON

00413289034TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:14:05

1

                      977.50

XLON

00413293670TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:21:19

123

                      979.50

XLON

00413307300TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:21:19

155

                      978.50

XLON

00413307301TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:21:19

11

                      979.00

XLON

00413307302TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:21:19

37

                      979.00

XLON

00413307303TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:21:19

155

                      978.50

XLON

00413307304TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:22:55

13

                      980.50

XLON

00413310321TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:23:05

1

                      980.50

XLON

00413310686TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:23:05

15

                      980.50

XLON

00413310690TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:23:05

39

                      980.50

XLON

00413310693TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:23:14

5

                      980.50

XLON

00413310937TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:26:04

103

                      982.50

XLON

00413316938TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:26:11

2

                      982.50

XLON

00413317218TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:26:56

56

                      982.50

XLON

00413318748TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:27:26

43

                      983.00

XLON

00413319875TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:27:26

186

                      983.00

XLON

00413319876TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:27:26

72

                      983.00

XLON

00413319877TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:31:44

79

                      981.50

XLON

00413329856TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:31:58

79

                      980.00

XLON

00413330590TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:31:58

81

                      980.00

XLON

00413330591TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:43:08

76

                      981.50

XLON

00413359501TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:43:08

3

                      981.50

XLON

00413359502TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

17

                      983.50

XLON

00413366770TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

26

                      983.50

XLON

00413366771TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

82

                      982.00

XLON

00413366772TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

24

                      983.00

XLON

00413366773TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

17

                      983.00

XLON

00413366774TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

64

                      983.50

XLON

00413366775TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

82

                      982.00

XLON

00413366776TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:00

82

                      982.00

XLON

00413366777TRLO1

12 August 2026 10:52:31

82

                      981.00

XLON

00413367033TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:00:03

76

                      980.50

XLON

00413369426TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:13:39

78

                      981.50

XLON

00413369938TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:15:03

69

                      981.00

XLON

00413369984TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:15:03

87

                      981.00

XLON

00413369985TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:26:11

81

                      981.50

XLON

00413370443TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:28:58

32

                      982.00

XLON

00413370543TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:32:29

100

                      983.00

XLON

00413371292TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:11

24

                      985.00

XLON

00413371925TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:11

90

                      985.00

XLON

00413371926TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:11

47

                      985.00

XLON

00413371927TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:11

1

                      985.00

XLON

00413371928TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:11

82

                      984.50

XLON

00413371929TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:59

79

                      984.00

XLON

00413371970TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:59

79

                      984.00

XLON

00413371971TRLO1

12 August 2026 11:48:59

79

                      984.00

XLON

00413371980TRLO1

12 August 2026 12:08:56

76

                      985.50

XLON

00413372972TRLO1

12 August 2026 12:08:56

52

                      985.50

XLON

00413372973TRLO1

12 August 2026 12:08:57

29

                      985.00

XLON

00413372974TRLO1

12 August 2026 12:08:57

51

                      985.00

XLON

00413372975TRLO1

12 August 2026 12:41:39

79

                      987.00

XLON

00413374361TRLO1

12 August 2026 12:41:39

78

                      987.00

XLON

00413374362TRLO1

12 August 2026 12:57:48

161

                      986.00

XLON

00413374833TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:03:12

1

                      987.00

XLON

00413375015TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

25

                      987.50

XLON

00413375225TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

242

                      986.00

XLON

00413375226TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

87

                      987.00

XLON

00413375227TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

293

                      987.00

XLON

00413375228TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

89

                      987.00

XLON

00413375229TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

33

                      987.50

XLON

00413375230TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

32

                      987.50

XLON

00413375231TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:10:02

242

                      986.00

XLON

00413375232TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:26:52

75

                      987.50

XLON

00413375630TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:26:52

75

                      987.50

XLON

00413375631TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:26:52

21

                      987.50

XLON

00413375632TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:27:05

1

                      987.50

XLON

00413375639TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:27:05

62

                      987.50

XLON

00413375640TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:27:05

31

                      987.50

XLON

00413375641TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:27:05

82

                      987.50

XLON

00413375642TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:27:05

82

                      987.50

XLON

00413375643TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:27:05

82

                      987.50

XLON

00413375644TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:27:05

22

                      987.50

XLON

00413375645TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:30:03

83

                      988.00

XLON

00413376033TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:30:07

77

                      987.50

XLON

00413376052TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:36:28

32

                      988.50

XLON

00413376409TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:36:28

52

                      988.50

XLON

00413376410TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:39:22

28

                      988.50

XLON

00413376584TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:39:22

48

                      988.50

XLON

00413376585TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:42:19

4

                      988.50

XLON

00413376721TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:42:19

72

                      988.50

XLON

00413376722TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:42:37

76

                      986.00

XLON

00413376729TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:48:24

79

                      987.50

XLON

00413377137TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:51:37

63

                      987.50

XLON

00413377296TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:51:37

14

                      987.50

XLON

00413377297TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:56:35

82

                      990.50

XLON

00413377450TRLO1

12 August 2026 13:56:35

45

                      990.50

XLON

00413377451TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:30:13

156

                      989.00

XLON

00413378985TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:30:13

1

                      989.00

XLON

00413378986TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:30:15

29

                      989.00

XLON

00413379000TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:34:09

78

                      991.00

XLON

00413379295TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:34:09

200

                      991.00

XLON

00413379298TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:34:09

164

                      990.00

XLON

00413379299TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:34:49

82

                      989.00

XLON

00413379359TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:35:36

81

                      988.50

XLON

00413379427TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:36:36

1

                      987.00

XLON

00413379547TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:36:36

76

                      987.00

XLON

00413379548TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:38:15

82

                      987.00

XLON

00413379725TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:42:02

80

                      985.00

XLON

00413380030TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:42:46

120

                      984.00

XLON

00413380145TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:42:46

110

                      984.00

XLON

00413380146TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:42:47

77

                      983.50

XLON

00413380148TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:43:13

105

                      983.50

XLON

00413380216TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:45:32

80

                      982.50

XLON

00413380491TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:51:36

140

                      982.00

XLON

00413380993TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:51:36

87

                      982.00

XLON

00413380994TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:51:36

71

                      982.00

XLON

00413380995TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:53:56

55

                      982.50

XLON

00413381118TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:53:56

80

                      981.50

XLON

00413381119TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:54:58

2

                      982.50

XLON

00413381169TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:54:58

73

                      982.50

XLON

00413381170TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:54:58

42

                      982.50

XLON

00413381171TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:54:58

167

                      982.50

XLON

00413381172TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:56:35

42

                      982.50

XLON

00413381214TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:56:35

35

                      982.50

XLON

00413381215TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:58:16

46

                      982.50

XLON

00413381297TRLO1

12 August 2026 14:58:16

31

                      982.50

XLON

00413381298TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:04:45

76

                      981.00

XLON

00413381757TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:04:45

74

                      981.00

XLON

00413381758TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:04:49

139

                      981.00

XLON

00413381760TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:05:57

80

                      981.00

XLON

00413381832TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:06:58

81

                      980.00

XLON

00413381921TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:09:14

42

                      981.00

XLON

00413382071TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:09:14

1

                      981.00

XLON

00413382072TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:09:35

80

                      980.00

XLON

00413382102TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:09:39

77

                      980.00

XLON

00413382110TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:18:49

106

                      981.00

XLON

00413382987TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:20:40

131

                      981.50

XLON

00413383080TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:20:40

81

                      980.00

XLON

00413383081TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:20:40

63

                      980.50

XLON

00413383082TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:20:40

18

                      980.50

XLON

00413383083TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:26:47

7

                      981.00

XLON

00413383506TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:26:47

26

                      981.00

XLON

00413383507TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:26:49

121

                      981.00

XLON

00413383510TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:26:57

70

                      981.00

XLON

00413383513TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:26:57

48

                      981.00

XLON

00413383514TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:27:05

2

                      981.00

XLON

00413383519TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:27:05

162

                      979.50

XLON

00413383520TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:27:05

162

                      980.00

XLON

00413383521TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:27:05

154

                      978.50

XLON

00413383522TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:38:54

54

                      979.50

XLON

00413384330TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:42:00

41

                      980.00

XLON

00413384505TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:42:00

44

                      980.00

XLON

00413384506TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:42:00

199

                      980.00

XLON

00413384507TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:42:00

68

                      980.00

XLON

00413384508TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:42:00

55

                      980.00

XLON

00413384509TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:43:48

1

                      979.50

XLON

00413384635TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:45:11

11

                      980.00

XLON

00413384723TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:45:27

90

                      980.00

XLON

00413384736TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:45:27

78

                      979.00

XLON

00413384737TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:46:03

312

                      979.00

XLON

00413384770TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:47:20

31

                      980.00

XLON

00413384835TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:47:20

52

                      980.00

XLON

00413384836TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:48:39

6

                      980.00

XLON

00413384907TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:48:39

43

                      980.00

XLON

00413384908TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:48:39

33

                      980.00

XLON

00413384909TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:49:57

44

                      980.00

XLON

00413384945TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:49:57

41

                      980.00

XLON

00413384946TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:51:18

19

                      980.50

XLON

00413384993TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:51:18

55

                      980.50

XLON

00413384994TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:51:18

1

                      980.50

XLON

00413384995TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:51:18

82

                      979.50

XLON

00413384996TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:54:00

50

                      980.00

XLON

00413385055TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:54:00

4

                      980.00

XLON

00413385056TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:54:00

82

                      979.50

XLON

00413385057TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:55:34

80

                      978.50

XLON

00413385165TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:55:34

79

                      978.50

XLON

00413385166TRLO1

12 August 2026 15:55:34

1

                      978.00

XLON

00413385167TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:00:24

83

                      976.50

XLON

00413385369TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:00:24

82

                      976.50

XLON

00413385370TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:01:52

163

                      975.00

XLON

00413385518TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:01:52

81

                      975.00

XLON

00413385519TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:04:31

86

                      976.50

XLON

00413385701TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:04:31

51

                      976.50

XLON

00413385702TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:05:30

31

                      976.50

XLON

00413385779TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:05:40

226

                      975.00

XLON

00413385789TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:07:10

81

                      974.50

XLON

00413385905TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:07:10

80

                      974.50

XLON

00413385906TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:09:46

83

                      974.00

XLON

00413386265TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:09:46

82

                      974.00

XLON

00413386266TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:09:48

82

                      973.50

XLON

00413386267TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:13:55

92

                      975.50

XLON

00413386531TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:14:45

80

                      973.00

XLON

00413386574TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:15:05

79

                      973.00

XLON

00413386586TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:15:05

1

                      973.00

XLON

00413386587TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:17:28

32

                      975.00

XLON

00413386744TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:17:28

106

                      975.00

XLON

00413386745TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:17:50

77

                      974.00

XLON

00413386753TRLO1

12 August 2026 16:17:50

77

                      974.00

XLON

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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 / Alice Lane / Benjamin Cryer

  

+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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