Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			1,516,087	1.70%	198,356	0.22%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			195,314	0.22%	1,483,898	1.66%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,711,401	1.92%	1,682,254	1.89%
(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		52,307		9.8100  GBP	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		51,847		9.8200  GBP	9.6948  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		163	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		286	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		386	9.6954  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,775	9.7050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,171	9.7050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,004	9.6949  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35	9.7507  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	9.7507  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,021	9.7527  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		331	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		429	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		320	9.7421  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,735	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,670	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,091	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		726	9.7496  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		801	9.7496  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	9.9000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,680	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,413	9.7504  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		642	9.7099  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,687	9.7885  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,501	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,907	9.7092  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		915	9.7491  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		340	9.7491  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		669	9.7623  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5	9.7260  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		870	9.7355  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78	9.7457  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		528	9.6948  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,558	9.7456  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		286	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,074	9.7552  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,156	9.7908  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,536	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,756	9.7533  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		472	9.7069  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,249	9.6988  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		210	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,488	9.7410  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		2,499	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		2,085	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		844	9.7005  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		578	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		987	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		159	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,999	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		225	9.8031  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		18	9.7479  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		451	9.7493  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		86	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,199	9.7583  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		98	9.7509  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		319	9.7615  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		113	9.7517  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59	9.7400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		597	9.7697  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		680	9.7649  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		398	9.7735  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82	9.7390  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,869	9.8100  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:				21 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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