Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

03 July 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:				02 Jul 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:			885,754	0.99%	968,448	1.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			930,187	1.04%	876,897	0.98%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,815,941	2.02%	1,845,345	2.05%
(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		148,041		8.6547  GBP	8.5470  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		80,877		8.6800  GBP	8.5449  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		717	8.5714  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,991	8.5745  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95	8.6008  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		330	8.5449  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		130	8.5962  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		38	8.5962  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		207	8.5898  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		66	8.5898  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		136	8.5967  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		151	8.5967  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,301	8.5743  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		229	8.6041  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		176	8.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,963	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,494	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,847	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9	8.5744  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25	8.5744  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,308	8.5742  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		562	8.5732  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,379	8.5839  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81	8.5744  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		885	8.5744  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		671	8.5820  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,142	8.5830  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,320	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		338	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	8.5900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,673	8.5843  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,778	8.5913  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		768	8.5933  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,062	8.5470  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,235	8.5751  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		70	8.5775  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		114	8.6332  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		270	8.5966  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		966	8.5949  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		759	8.5973  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		473	8.5962  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		937	8.5755  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,000	8.5944  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		378	8.5754  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,078	8.5749  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100	8.6450  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		80	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,536	8.5720  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,358	8.5926  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		817	8.5753  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,676	8.6077  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		306	8.6332  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	8.5775  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		601	8.5664  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		328	8.5949  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,587	8.6016  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		163	8.6125  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,963	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,164	8.6378  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,724	8.6093  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,208	8.5885  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		524	8.6298  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		636	8.6054  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		166	8.6547  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,732	8.5979  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,722	8.5750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,937	8.5934  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		453	8.5903  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		335	8.6158  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,042	8.5925  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:				03 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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