Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				12 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:			1,156,973	1.28%	1,184,317	1.31%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,162,124	1.29%	1,154,987	1.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,319,097	2.57%	2,339,304	2.59%
(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		234,523		9.8450  GBP	9.1600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		134,053		9.8383  GBP	9.1250  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		593	9.2869  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,830	9.2945  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		147	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,172	9.4139  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		940	9.7193  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		118	9.6087  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,116	9.3910  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,105	9.7160  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,893	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,611	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		42,884	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,919	9.5596  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		260	9.3229  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,794	9.8000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.7150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		748	9.2663  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		85	9.4701  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		443	9.7450  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,683	9.5510  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		625	9.5510  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		265	9.4375  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,000	9.4009  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,894	9.5391  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,581	9.2945  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		723	9.7536  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,820	9.4340  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,967	9.3377  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		293	9.5999  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,449	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,406	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		728	9.3899  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.4000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,196	9.4327  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		204	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,339	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65	9.4519  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		266	9.5295  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,152	9.6470  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		842	9.5468  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,712	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,407	9.6099  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		197	9.6079  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,288	9.7459  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		373	9.7572  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		564	9.2945  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,038	9.2821  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		449	9.6650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		74	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,770	9.4943  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,283	9.2950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		509	9.7539  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,009	9.3507  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		627	9.5927  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,930	9.4637  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		41,306	9.6850  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:				15 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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