Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

29 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:				28 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:			1,413,375	1.56%	1,001,800	1.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			975,241	1.08%	1,413,352	1.56%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,388,616	2.64%	2,415,152	2.67%
(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		139,060		9.6400  GBP	9.4975  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		203,474		9.6756  GBP	9.4950  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		188	9.4950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,888	9.5000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.5100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		653	9.5117  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,968	9.5204  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,563	9.5265  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		203	9.5300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		223	9.5306  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		941	9.5325  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,300	9.5371  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,336	9.5372  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,778	9.5382  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		243	9.5385  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		624	9.5400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,370	9.5427  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,164	9.5460  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		152	9.5493  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	9.5555  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		970	9.6149  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,615	9.8140  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	9.9990  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	10.0000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		259	9.4975  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,015	9.5000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		392	9.5004  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	9.5150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		598	9.5295  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		461	9.5300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		770	9.5303  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,960	9.5351  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,264	9.5359  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,046	9.5367  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,107	9.5373  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,078	9.5394  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,125	9.5537  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144	9.5592  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		573	9.5599  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		511	9.5625  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		506	9.5856  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,000	9.6009  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		26,319	9.5064  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		548	9.5398  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	9.6500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		363	9.6259  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:				29 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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