Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 October 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:				30 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:			1,877,319	2.11%	172,425	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			168,721	0.19%	1,870,046	2.10%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,046,040	2.30%	2,042,471	2.29%
(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		87,048		11.2809  GBP	11.1975  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		101,606		11.2800  GBP	11.1900  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		Closing Long		2,326	11.2471  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25	11.2200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,709	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		311	11.2337  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,310	11.2317  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		246	11.2432  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,255	11.2426  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		260	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,201	11.2347  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,190	11.2347  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		3,160	11.2391  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,822	11.2762  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,779	11.2312  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	11.1975  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		151	11.2988  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,798	11.2478  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		809	11.2656  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,709	11.2063  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	11.2200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		777	11.2809  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		170	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,510	11.2356  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		443	11.2576  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,174	11.2396  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		874	11.2396  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,644	11.2399  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		132	11.2250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		702	11.2413  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36	11.2650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	11.2082  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		102	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,332	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		222	11.2700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		848	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		386	11.2749  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		289	11.2500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		685	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		391	11.2615  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		73	11.2600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32	11.2750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7	11.2664  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		196	11.2400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,706	11.2484  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56	11.2600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,391	11.2581  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52	11.2685  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		771	11.2600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		360	11.2622  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		808	11.2800  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:				01 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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