Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			1,448,922	1.60%	972,933	1.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			941,901	1.04%	1,448,877	1.60%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,390,823	2.64%	2,421,810	2.68%
(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		168,927		9.8800  GBP	9.7494  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		191,606		9.9000  GBP	9.7500  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		1,850	9.7957  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,369	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,524	9.7542  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,190	9.7562  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24	9.7568  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		229	9.7577  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,350	9.7578  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66	9.7580  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,825	9.7584  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,640	9.7783  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,973	9.7787  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,654	9.7794  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,607	9.7808  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,024	9.7813  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,146	9.7828  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,635	9.7914  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.7950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		646	9.8074  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		515	9.8087  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,323	9.8092  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		570	9.8121  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		152	9.8150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		567	9.8178  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,097	9.8184  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59	9.8200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,305	9.8207  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		128	9.8213  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		360	9.8214  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,435	9.8222  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.8223  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		595	9.8231  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		137	9.8245  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,299	9.8282  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		142	9.8619  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250	9.8650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	9.9000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,793	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		390	9.7504  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		705	9.7790  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		460	9.8150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		639	9.8208  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.8226  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		367	9.8300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		580	9.8319  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		132	9.8325  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,086	9.8346  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8	9.8375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		489	9.8409  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,630	9.8435  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:				28 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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