Form8.5EPT/NonRIGAMMACOMMUNICATIONSPLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

05 May 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8963C published at 08:01 on 05/05/2026, changes made to section 2A,3A,3B
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:				01 May 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:			1,170,077	1.29%	750,969	0.83%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			710,559	0.78%	1,162,769	1.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,880,636	2.07%	1,913,738	2.11%
(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		75,674		9.3280  GBP	8.9620  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		122,305		9.3357  GBP	9.1400  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		6,986	9.1330  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		189	9.1340  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.1408  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		595	9.1907  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.1970  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,100	9.1987  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		696	9.2053  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		734	9.2150  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,881	9.2165  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,693	9.2167  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37	9.2272  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		936	9.2334  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		140	9.2615  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		190	9.2617  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,694	9.2663  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		220	9.2860  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		666	9.2906  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		343	9.3009  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		766	9.3049  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		826	9.3056  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		648	9.3153  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		923	9.3169  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,080	9.3187  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,670	9.3188  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,295	9.3190  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		312	9.3258  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,529	9.3268  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,526	9.3275  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,014	9.3280  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,200	9.3314  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		389	9.3357  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15	8.9000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		122	9.0747  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,500	9.1302  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,986	9.1330  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.1411  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		943	9.1467  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.1840  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,873	9.2622  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,755	9.2625  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		583	9.2668  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		559	9.2743  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,322	9.2751  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,919	9.2854  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,386	9.2909  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		245	9.2960  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.3140  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		396	9.3149  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,295	9.3190  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		182	9.3260  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,374	9.3264  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		814	9.3280  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	8.9628  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,812	9.0292  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,813	9.2814  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,981	9.1468  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,840	9.3287  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:				05 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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