Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 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:				06 May 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:			1,176,414	1.30%	787,281	0.87%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			750,003	0.83%	1,174,292	1.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,926,417	2.12%	1,961,573	2.16%
(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		83,846		9.4480  GBP	9.1190  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		121,094		9.4480  GBP	9.1460  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		340	9.1470  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		604	9.3090  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		149	9.3263  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		862	9.3337  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		184	9.3579  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,013	9.3650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,660	9.3676  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,445	9.3710  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	9.3712  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		436	9.3719  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		429	9.3756  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,357	9.3783  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,964	9.3806  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,077	9.3824  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		559	9.3904  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,395	9.3943  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,372	9.3944  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,787	9.3945  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		181	9.3960  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,188	9.3968  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,918	9.3983  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		782	9.3995  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,345	9.4000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,196	9.4016  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		149	9.4115  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		728	9.4173  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80	9.4210  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,000	9.4320  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	9.1196  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,407	9.1615  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23	9.2393  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		490	9.3493  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,195	9.3524  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,270	9.3538  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,445	9.3710  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		112	9.3747  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,089	9.3800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		195	9.3837  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,327	9.3944  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		262	9.3972  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144	9.3999  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,847	9.4000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		63	9.4004  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		432	9.4022  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96	9.4059  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		162	9.4080  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		157	9.4106  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		292	9.4123  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		311	9.4136  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		902	9.4192  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		157	9.4240  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,950	9.3181  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,310	9.3678  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,259	9.4008  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:				07 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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