Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 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:			1,569,185	1.76%	259,278	0.29%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			255,743	0.29%	1,547,328	1.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,824,928	2.05%	1,806,606	2.03%
(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		355,707		11.9528  GBP	11.5080  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		337,513		11.9588  GBP	11.6050  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		283	11.8408  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,494	11.8099  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		98	11.7582  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63	11.7166  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		547	11.7073  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,363	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,059	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		6,164	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		188	11.8404  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,258	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		18,250	11.7835  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,834	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,340	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,258	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,598	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,598	11.8582  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,380	11.6000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,582	11.8105  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56	11.8094  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	11.5080  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,486	11.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		665	11.8126  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,428	11.8486  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		531	11.8486  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,963	11.8607  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,912	11.7082  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,821	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,090	11.8607  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		639	11.9108  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,381	11.8392  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	11.8588  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,172	11.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,106	11.8722  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,689	11.8257  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	11.6801  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		125	11.8300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,228	11.8900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,030	11.8900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,707	11.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		445	11.8459  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		70	11.6050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44,743	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,341	11.8161  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	11.5157  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		515	11.8700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		520	11.9489  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,120	11.8900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,106	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45	11.8899  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		566	11.7215  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		519	11.8503  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,222	11.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,657	11.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,138	11.8900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,038	11.7396  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,305	11.7621  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		119,108	11.8328  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		167	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,110	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,041	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		150	11.8600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		650	11.8329  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,253	11.7557  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		687	11.7351  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88	11.8605  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,055	11.8300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,055	11.8300  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		80	11.7952  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,406	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,827	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		57	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		158	11.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,372	11.6804  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		87,073	11.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		412	11.8425  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,260	11.8369  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,994	11.8072  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,480	11.7304  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,596	11.7169  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,288	11.8506  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,164	11.7576  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:				08 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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