Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:				24 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:			1,090,700	1.20%	712,649	0.78%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			677,087	0.75%	1,085,675	1.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,767,787	1.95%	1,798,324	1.98%
(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		181,845		9.5840  GBP	9.3993  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		251,673		9.5820  GBP	9.3999  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		560	9.3999  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,973	9.4000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,288	9.4058  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,136	9.4100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		430	9.4179  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,770	9.4282  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,823	9.4316  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,304	9.4319  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.4320  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.4380  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,677	9.4409  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		274	9.4417  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		885	9.4463  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,982	9.4480  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,324	9.4512  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,862	9.4518  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		384	9.4529  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		395	9.4546  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,677	9.4548  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,546	9.4579  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		174	9.4640  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		717	9.4665  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.4669  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		634	9.4673  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,557	9.4677  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,290	9.4678  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		339	9.4781  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		157	9.4860  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,200	9.4881  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		389	9.4931  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,982	9.4000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,078	9.4004  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,629	9.4031  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		800	9.4149  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		559	9.4324  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	9.4380  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		407	9.4407  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		365	9.4414  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	9.4420  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		623	9.4500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		355	9.4549  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	9.4607  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57	9.4610  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,466	9.4648  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,792	9.4667  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68	9.4700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		155	9.4796  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165	9.4851  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,078	9.4860  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		246	9.4893  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,431	9.4564  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,288	9.4761  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:				27 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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