Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				23 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:			1,140,881	1.26%	693,002	0.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			655,711	0.72%	1,133,886	1.25%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,796,592	1.98%	1,826,888	2.01%
(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		194,724		9.6264  GBP	9.3780  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		593,280		9.6400  GBP	9.3300  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		46	9.3920  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		341	9.3933  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,402	9.3938  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		881	9.4213  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		470	9.4625  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,606	9.4794  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,198	9.4872  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		599	9.4923  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,326	9.5013  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,082	9.5052  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,288	9.5079  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		764	9.5095  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80,574	9.5100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,906	9.5103  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	9.5144  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,839	9.5189  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,391	9.5199  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		73,813	9.5250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.5268  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,823	9.5287  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,349	9.5293  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		137,449	9.5340  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,086	9.5423  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,611	9.5424  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,935	9.5425  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,884	9.5476  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,011	9.5482  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	9.5490  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,314	9.5513  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,580	9.5648  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39	9.5758  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,238	9.5884  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,610	9.3780  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		375	9.4081  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165	9.4512  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,751	9.4962  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,263	9.4992  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70	9.5060  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,328	9.5097  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,249	9.5100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,264	9.5104  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,792	9.5162  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25	9.5691  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15	9.5847  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		195	9.6000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39	9.6033  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.6180  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37	9.6260  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	9.5100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,019	9.5310  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		904	9.5875  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 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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