Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 May 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 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:			1,166,304	1.29%	700,565	0.77%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			661,307	0.73%	1,158,229	1.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,827,611	2.01%	1,858,794	2.05%
(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		128,509		9.0780  GBP	8.9473  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		239,759		9.0759  GBP	8.8470  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		Increasing Long		4,642	9.0388  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	8.8470  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	8.8571  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,180	8.9999  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,501	9.0058  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		912	9.0125  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,365	9.0156  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		147	9.0164  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,600	9.0176  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,378	9.0177  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		91	9.0199  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	9.0204  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,323	9.0241  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,199	9.0244  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,166	9.0315  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,172	9.0321  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		572	9.0322  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		308	9.0337  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	9.0352  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		193	9.0390  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,595	9.0398  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,448	9.0403  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,040	9.0414  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,335	9.0415  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		521	9.0421  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,424	9.0431  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,386	9.0438  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,590	9.0440  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,277	9.0445  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	9.0451  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		325	9.0472  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		712	9.0497  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.0540  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,504	9.0569  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,612	9.0576  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.0725  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,163	9.0738  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.6508  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		329	8.9473  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	8.9856  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		549	8.9994  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		163	9.0060  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.0100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,091	9.0279  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144	9.0336  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48	9.0340  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		369	9.0360  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		927	9.0394  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	9.0432  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,638	9.0440  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,290	9.0443  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,635	9.0444  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,305	9.0458  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,435	9.0472  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		185	9.0505  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,743	9.0532  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		162	9.0623  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		993	9.0704  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		543	9.0822  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,819	9.0005  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,585	9.0355  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 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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