Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 September 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:				04 Sep 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:			1,500,805	1.68%	209,092	0.23%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			205,260	0.23%	1,473,766	1.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,706,065	1.91%	1,682,858	1.89%
(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		331,753		11.6300  GBP	11.5150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		400,439		11.6411  GBP	11.5070  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		Closing Short		791	11.5443  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		952	11.5302  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,028	11.5309  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,445	11.5460  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,002	11.5708  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		4,259	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,059	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57	11.5584  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,172	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,855	11.6050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,305	11.6050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,550	11.6050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,226	11.5250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,897	11.5659  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		46	11.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,177	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,423	11.5472  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		174,404	11.5599  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,114	11.5890  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,175	11.5813  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		438	11.5813  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		832	11.5419  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		19,347	11.5241  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,361	11.6175  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		10,520	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,996	11.5241  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		599	11.5609  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,690	11.5486  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,923	11.5250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		376	11.5344  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79	11.5199  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		129	11.5200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		237	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		103	11.5852  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,416	11.5250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,014	11.5989  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,267	11.5250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		237	11.5284  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,908	11.5605  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		882	11.5920  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,504	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,486	11.5929  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		786	11.6050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,820	11.5731  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264	11.5284  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,323	11.5778  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,755	11.6075  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		93	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		238	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,721	11.5399  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,038	11.5943  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		979	11.5759  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,256	11.5605  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		277	11.5801  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		8,699	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,231	11.6176  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		231	11.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		953	11.4919  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		647	11.5901  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		99	11.5783  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,741	11.5238  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,527	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,564	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		94	11.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		157,158	11.6200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,990	11.5356  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,068	11.5141  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		225	11.6100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		312	11.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,536	11.5833  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,131	11.5319  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		532	11.5800  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:				07 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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