Form8.5EPT/NonRIGAMMACOMMUNICATIONSPLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

24 August 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2069R published at 17:47 on 18/08/2026, changes made to section 3B
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:				17 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:			1,597,816	1.79%	213,739	0.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			210,428	0.24%	1,565,658	1.75%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,808,244	2.03%	1,779,397	1.99%
(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		65,480		9.7523  GBP	9.6783  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		75,219		9.7500  GBP	9.6750  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		339	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,245	9.7345  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		60	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,458	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		211	9.7201  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		205	9.7183  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,155	9.7169  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		713	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		845	9.7251  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		869	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,133	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		153	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		971	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		19	9.7263  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,072	9.7257  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		738	9.7113  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		291	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57	9.6750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,707	9.7348  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,214	9.7344  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9	9.7238  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		94	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,778	9.7164  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,405	9.7164  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,713	9.6996  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		3,975	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		360	9.7189  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		83	9.7457  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		9,015	9.7225  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,586	9.7346  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		613	9.7341  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		239	9.7341  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		60	9.7462  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		240	9.7214  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,519	9.7292  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,586	9.7349  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		600	9.7185  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85	9.6850  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6	9.7250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		753	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		93	9.7091  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34	9.7091  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,773	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,025	9.7346  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,208	9.6932  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,628	9.7041  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		172	9.7225  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		955	9.7337  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		591	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,784	9.7143  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14	9.7750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		148	9.7126  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		270	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		867	9.7107  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		724	9.7300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,932	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		193	9.7300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,087	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,109	9.7078  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		258	9.7100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		381	9.7523  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		616	9.7328  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:				24 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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