Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

19 August 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:				18 Aug 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:			1,590,219	1.78%	205,817	0.23%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			202,831	0.23%	1,558,163	1.75%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,793,050	2.01%	1,763,980	1.98%
(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		46,702		9.7900  GBP	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		46,377		9.8100  GBP	9.6850  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 Short		348	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,014	9.7645  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,166	9.7550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,797	9.7604  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		189	9.7489  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		168	9.7486  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,300	9.7254  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.7150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		632	9.7248  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,983	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		58	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		741	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34	9.7700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		34	9.7700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		179	9.7364  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,293	9.7517  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		350	9.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,260	9.7560  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		229	9.7576  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		36	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,688	9.7662  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,057	9.7292  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,290	9.7374  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,222	9.7374  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		845	9.7247  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		898	9.7308  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		82	9.6850  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		350	9.7696  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89	9.7857  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,683	9.7395  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		168	9.7517  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		712	9.7654  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46	9.7772  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,483	9.7532  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		738	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1	9.7862  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,404	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		324	9.7530  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		131	9.7412  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		76	9.7630  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		76	9.7626  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		527	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,674	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		276	9.8041  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		257	9.7262  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,268	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		184	9.7150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		152	9.7108  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		188	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		743	9.7396  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,999	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16	9.7848  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		206	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,817	9.7372  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		546	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		364	9.7410  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		6,155	9.7108  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		223	9.7100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		395	9.7287  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:				19 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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