Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 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:			975,619	1.09%	879,797	0.98%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			839,152	0.94%	971,645	1.08%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,814,771	2.02%	1,851,442	2.06%
(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		337,348		8.4147  GBP	8.2872  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		267,000		8.3977  GBP	8.2949  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		539	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		523	8.2954  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,322	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		140	8.3549  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	8.3406  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,523	8.3361  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		758	8.3439  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		810	8.3335  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,472	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,881	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		889	8.3181  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		151	8.3046  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,259	8.3414  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,667	8.3534  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6	8.3200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,722	8.3224  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		689	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		177	8.3255  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,382	8.3152  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23	8.3026  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		858	8.3302  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		319	8.3302  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		1,895	8.2957  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		85	8.3423  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,193	8.3367  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		433	8.3891  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,000	8.3691  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		675	8.3548  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		49	8.3551  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		383	8.3375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,780	8.3376  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,451	8.3012  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,811	8.3506  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		378	8.3364  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	8.3000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		329	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,001	8.2954  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,655	8.2949  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,457	8.3522  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		787	8.3942  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,535	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,676	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,176	8.3424  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		302	8.3881  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,802	8.3437  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,547	8.3052  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,314	8.3475  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		380	8.3843  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95	8.3300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		120	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,259	8.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,588	8.3482  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		699	8.3305  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		288	8.3262  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,979	8.3239  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,374	8.3209  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:				08 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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