Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

10 June 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:				09 Jun 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:			1,216,930	1.35%	1,279,518	1.42%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,255,488	1.39%	1,216,333	1.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,472,418	2.74%	2,495,851	2.77%
(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		95,197		9.5150  GBP	9.3900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		132,446		9.5100  GBP	9.3900  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		146	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,081	9.4045  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		403	9.4473  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		424	9.4312  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,801	9.4392  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		535	9.4438  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,463	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,643	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,785	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,113	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,739	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	9.4117  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15	9.4117  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		63	9.4278  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,821	9.4204  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49	9.4113  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		543	9.4113  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,078	9.4204  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,008	9.4338  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		81	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	9.4239  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	9.4441  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		94	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.4400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,105	9.4295  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		783	9.4295  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		146	9.4082  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,368	9.4204  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,812	9.4273  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,212	9.4104  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,909	9.4045  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		333	9.4248  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	9.4390  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		227	9.4381  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		318	9.4425  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		193	9.4338  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10	9.4296  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		312	9.4000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		776	9.4496  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		636	9.4125  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14	9.4276  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,037	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		140	9.4260  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		646	9.4321  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		412	9.4119  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		754	9.4056  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,743	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		638	9.4293  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		925	9.4187  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,452	9.4448  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		502	9.4187  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,568	9.4080  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		352	9.4021  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		975	9.4377  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		734	9.4098  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,110	9.4492  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,240	9.4291  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:				10 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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