Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

29 April 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:				28 Apr 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:			1,218,870	1.34%	652,984	0.72%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			617,259	0.68%	1,213,732	1.34%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,836,129	2.02%	1,866,716	2.06%
(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		179,825		9.1365  GBP	8.8440  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		105,838		9.1360  GBP	8.8555  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		Increasing Long		4,012	8.9228  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,945	8.8555  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,052	8.8560  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,214	8.8582  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,600	8.8726  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,747	8.8737  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	8.8738  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	8.8844  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,134	8.9364  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		168	9.0219  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	9.0318  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		800	9.0415  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		222	9.0433  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		537	9.0483  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		205	9.0528  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,015	9.0539  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,392	9.0660  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60	9.0686  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		71	9.0979  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		186	9.1013  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.1160  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.1360  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.8500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,482	8.8560  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,132	8.8561  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,270	8.8564  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,827	8.8649  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,560	8.8682  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		296	8.8709  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144	8.8720  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	8.8741  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,696	8.8844  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30	8.8851  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,054	8.8861  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		675	8.8908  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		520	8.8960  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27	8.8967  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,265	8.8988  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		993	8.9009  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		277	8.9162  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,457	8.9178  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12	8.9300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,822	8.9317  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		522	8.9340  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,929	8.9396  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,284	8.9414  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,505	8.9416  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,992	8.9472  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,378	8.9542  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39	8.9556  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,672	8.9613  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		539	8.9630  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,978	8.9914  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	9.0321  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	9.0506  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67	9.1260  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,649	9.1365  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,399	9.0006  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,186	8.8570  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,520	8.8679  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:				29 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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