Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

29 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:				26 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:			759,781	0.85%	1,366,629	1.52%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,338,873	1.49%	753,055	0.84%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,098,654	2.33%	2,119,684	2.36%
(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		99,951		8.4725  GBP	8.2691  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		261,052		8.4725  GBP	8.2700  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 Long		45	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,486	8.4254  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		430	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		22,135	8.3333  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		32	8.3300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		63	8.4052  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		62	8.3300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,539	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		74	8.4259  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		248	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,250	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12	8.4367  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33	8.4367  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,070	8.4197  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		607	8.4366  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		110	8.4367  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,199	8.4367  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		485	8.3683  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,592	8.4163  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		174	8.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		82	8.3352  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		278	8.4331  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		98,509	8.3951  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		325	8.4245  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		94	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,502	8.3690  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		70	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,378	8.4049  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,256	8.4049  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		2,541	8.4400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,252	8.2956  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,352	8.3762  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,000	8.4091  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	8.4494  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,851	8.3757  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,000	8.4089  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		120	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,143	8.4254  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15	8.3450  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,011	8.4541  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,805	8.4141  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		633	8.3685  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		92	8.2933  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,216	8.4281  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		33	8.4253  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,349	8.3843  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	8.2751  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,288	8.3666  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	8.4594  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		173	8.2936  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		150	8.3750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,604	8.4027  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		328	8.3400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		162	8.3655  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,156	8.4234  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		126	8.3550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		154	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		582	8.3524  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		681	8.3205  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,371	8.3762  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,375	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		192	8.3178  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32	8.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		172	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125	8.4725  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		290	8.3662  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,058	8.3732  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		249	8.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,813	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,578	8.4244  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,562	8.3621  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		472	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		377	8.4244  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,810	8.4073  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		565	8.3865  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,333	8.4250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,144	8.3515  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,328	8.3226  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,957	8.4227  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,375	8.3753  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 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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