Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			1,206,167	1.33%	1,062,271	1.17%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,027,260	1.14%	1,199,829	1.33%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,233,427	2.47%	2,262,100	2.50%
(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		261,773		10.0750  GBP	9.8250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		361,712		10.2000  GBP	9.8550  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		15,000	9.8623  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		306	9.8863  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,860	9.8970  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,127	9.8972  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		510	9.9095  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,932	9.9100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,569	9.9110  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,694	9.9146  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40	9.9148  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,728	9.9150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,309	9.9157  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,150	9.9166  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,164	9.9172  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		470	9.9200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,360	9.9221  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,367	9.9223  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,283	9.9236  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,081	9.9250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		260	9.9263  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		236	9.9266  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,594	9.9288  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,835	9.9375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53,103	9.9385  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,987	9.9387  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,278	9.9396  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,155	9.9443  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,775	9.9534  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,530	9.9578  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,251	9.9617  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,221	9.9655  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,950	9.9754  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,991	9.9761  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		546	10.0007  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,088	10.0014  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90	10.0075  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		146	10.0206  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42	10.0298  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	10.2000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45	9.8400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		336	9.8771  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		95	9.8916  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,126	9.9100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,484	9.9103  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,349	9.9104  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		277	9.9105  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,595	9.9122  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40	9.9151  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43	9.9152  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,290	9.9162  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		284	9.9174  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	9.9175  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		303	9.9230  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45	9.9231  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		228	9.9246  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.9300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		215	9.9414  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,000	9.9453  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,577	9.9467  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		747	9.9511  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,105	9.9607  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	9.9650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		370	9.9698  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,000	9.9859  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	10.0290  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		449	9.9043  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,343	9.9441  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		257	9.9908  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:				19 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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