Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

30 September 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:				29 Sep 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:			1,896,884	2.13%	177,432	0.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			174,048	0.20%	1,889,767	2.12%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,070,932	2.32%	2,067,199	2.32%
(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		101,580		11.4400  GBP	11.1570  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		152,626		11.2700  GBP	11.2100  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		2,326	11.2519  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		168	11.2600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,008	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,582	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,088	11.2466  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,095	11.2464  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		819	11.2416  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,800	11.1578  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		180	11.2700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	11.4400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,352	11.2489  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,990	11.2489  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		2,115	11.2515  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,465	11.2265  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		539	11.2633  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,308	11.2473  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,000	11.2488  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	11.4403  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,616	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		814	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		642	11.2480  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		144	11.2600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,431	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,478	11.2509  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,616	11.2350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		642	11.2480  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		652	11.2496  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		254	11.2800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,403	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,047	11.2482  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		86	11.2375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,498	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		888	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		899	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		102	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		326	11.2570  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,272	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,625	11.2518  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		818	11.2550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40	11.2100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,688	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,238	11.2371  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:				30 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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