Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

13 April 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:				10 Apr 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:			1,677,019	1.84%	508,780	0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			431,876	0.47%	1,651,056	1.81%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,108,895	2.32%	2,159,836	2.37%
(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		172,077		8.6100  GBP	8.2300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		148,846		8.6100  GBP	8.2200  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 Short		227	8.2235  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	8.2240  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	8.2298  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	8.2478  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,065	8.2615  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,523	8.2620  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38	8.2795  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,302	8.2843  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		121	8.2900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		657	8.2913  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,611	8.2968  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,198	8.3153  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,719	8.3161  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,410	8.3748  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,347	8.3892  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		412	8.3909  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,549	8.3939  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,659	8.4137  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		256	8.4262  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,239	8.4298  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,272	8.4414  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,701	8.4478  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36	8.4612  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,707	8.4689  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	8.4779  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		344	8.4965  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,781	8.4984  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		596	8.5008  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		700	8.5074  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		201	8.5120  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		903	8.5177  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	8.5599  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,500	8.5628  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	8.5800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	8.2301  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		147	8.2436  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	8.2481  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,435	8.2620  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,262	8.2624  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,858	8.2644  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,004	8.2729  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		203	8.2823  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.2860  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,045	8.3060  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,599	8.3063  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,014	8.3257  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		222	8.3375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		419	8.3462  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		977	8.3565  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		621	8.3567  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,590	8.3626  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	8.3670  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,747	8.3803  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,801	8.3917  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,028	8.4028  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,503	8.4205  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		295	8.4412  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35	8.4681  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	8.4728  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		316	8.4780  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62	8.4820  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		524	8.4885  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		97	8.5029  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		79	8.2951  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,100	8.3942  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		169	8.4774  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,714	8.5081  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:				13 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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