Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

22 October 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 relevant securities this form relates:			GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected			GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			21 Oct 2026
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				2,153,380	2.41%	128,157	0.14%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				105,976	0.12%	2,146,367	2.40%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,259,356	2.53%	2,274,524	2.55%
(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
0.25p ordinary	Purchase	119736	10.9198  GBP	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	Sale	169734	10.9200  GBP	10.8796  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,710	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,612	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	115,000	10.8746  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	381	10.8964  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	410	10.8929  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	53	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Closing Short	17	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,138	10.8962  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,911	10.8962  GBP
0.25p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	7,266	10.9010  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,368	10.8885  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2	10.8796  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	873	10.8921  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	984	10.9045  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	243	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	23	10.9131  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,150	10.9029  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	229	10.9088  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	20,202	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	717	10.9017  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,816	10.8948  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	721	10.9052  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,203	10.9086  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	89	10.8950  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	88	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	23,819	10.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	829	10.8900  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	254	10.8900  GBP
0.25p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,261	10.9000  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security	Product description	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if 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:				22 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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