Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

03 June 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:				02 Jun 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:			1,332,054	1.48%	1,199,301	1.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,172,715	1.30%	1,331,325	1.47%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,504,769	2.77%	2,530,626	2.80%
(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		79,244		9.9000  GBP	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		218,071		9.9000  GBP	9.6250  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		155	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		669	9.6254  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		868	9.6308  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		406	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		818	9.6924  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92	9.7532  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		411	9.7480  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,684	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		4,548	9.7664  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		156	9.7664  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,096	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,618	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,337	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	9.6335  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23	9.6284  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61	9.6282  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,643	9.6288  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		768	9.6284  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,229	9.6434  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		202	9.6287  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,241	9.6288  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,333	9.6546  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4	9.6300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		5	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,018	9.5958  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		570	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		588	9.6416  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		8,596	9.6430  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		328	9.6268  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,377	9.6580  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2	9.9000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		101	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		244	9.6960  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		56	9.8305  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,714	9.6546  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,214	9.6252  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,516	9.6254  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		165	9.9000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,150	9.7953  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		128	9.8082  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,143	9.6518  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		156	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		58	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,564	9.6945  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,148	9.6542  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.8573  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,143	9.7204  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		176	9.7950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		655	9.6960  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		38	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		853	9.6475  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		154	9.6450  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		58	9.7117  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		190	9.6472  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		414	9.6269  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.8848  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.8851  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,568	9.6559  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		84	9.6337  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		50	9.8500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.8576  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,171	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		53,459	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		444	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		456	9.7009  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,046	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,554	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		68	9.6400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,302	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		138	9.6375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		162	9.6250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,236	9.6573  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,907	9.6275  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,976	9.7336  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		113	9.8200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		388	9.7375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		834	9.6629  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		321	9.8050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,839	9.7307  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,438	9.7603  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:				03 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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