Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

31 July 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:				30 Jul 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:			1,423,505	1.59%	396,115	0.44%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			350,616	0.39%	1,399,217	1.56%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,774,121	1.98%	1,795,332	2.01%
(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		106,381		9.6750  GBP	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		32,120		9.6000  GBP	9.4350  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 Long		46	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,356	9.4604  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,640	9.4610  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125	9.5399  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61	9.5683  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		81	9.4954  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		94	9.4966  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,523	9.5316  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		217	9.5797  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		32	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,862	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		498	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,362	9.4550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,362	9.4550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,187	9.4703  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,371	9.4683  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		219	9.6500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,877	9.4681  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		154	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,331	9.4805  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	9.4495  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,688	9.6757  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		378	9.4857  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,815	9.5011  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,046	9.5011  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,991	9.6366  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		487	9.5901  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		237	9.5457  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,642	9.5085  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		292	9.4573  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		381	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,844	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		111	9.5683  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,588	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,520	9.4890  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		754	9.4808  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,556	9.4808  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		108	9.5350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	9.5826  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4	9.5823  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,375	9.6519  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		295	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		384	9.5199  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		173	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47	9.4525  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		132	9.4637  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		182	9.4850  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,687	9.6369  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,821	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		79	9.4675  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49	9.5101  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		369	9.4560  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		416	9.5078  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		103	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		280	9.5874  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,566	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,213	9.5454  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,353	9.5304  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,257	9.5612  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		215	9.5390  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:				31 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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