Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

06 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:				03 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:			936,480	1.04%	924,131	1.03%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			885,683	0.99%	930,091	1.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,822,163	2.03%	1,854,222	2.07%
(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		160,766		8.6000  GBP	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		65,723		8.5758  GBP	8.4899  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		561	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,488	8.4904  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		421	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	8.5800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68	8.5489  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		108	8.5535  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		558	8.5657  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		102	8.5799  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,929	8.4950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,636	8.5616  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,793	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,219	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	8.4980  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12	8.4980  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		232	8.4980  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		90	8.4998  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,798	8.5248  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38	8.4980  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		413	8.4980  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		448	8.5482  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		251	8.5519  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,402	8.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		878	8.5515  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,037	8.5206  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,012	8.5207  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		229	8.5202  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,062	8.5942  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		901	8.5535  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	8.6000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,135	8.5318  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		794	8.5318  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,624	8.5297  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,659	8.5334  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		645	8.5512  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		484	8.5723  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		197	8.5580  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		92	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		459	8.4904  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		195	8.5846  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		538	8.5426  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		59	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		175	8.5400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		239	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,194	8.5221  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		107	8.5400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		882	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,064	8.4899  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		175	8.5400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		175	8.5480  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,009	8.5432  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		874	8.5583  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,629	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,904	8.5545  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11	8.5272  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		447	8.5675  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		654	8.5574  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,792	8.5410  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,431	8.5513  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		279	8.5400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,138	8.5753  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		321	8.5607  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		14	8.5607  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		321	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,002	8.5638  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		14	8.5400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,227	8.4900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		530	8.5441  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,259	8.5790  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,580	8.5541  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		657	8.5442  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:				06 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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