Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

08 June 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:				05 Jun 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:			1,280,479	1.42%	1,195,730	1.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,170,131	1.30%	1,279,395	1.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,450,610	2.72%	2,475,125	2.74%
(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		121,202		9.6275  GBP	9.3600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		139,975		9.6159  GBP	9.3725  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		Increasing Long		735	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		324	9.4354  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		751	9.4269  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23	9.4199  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		10,039	9.4547  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		592	9.5245  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,046	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,623	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,941	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,552	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6	9.4269  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16	9.4269  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,523	9.4264  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,913	9.5800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		52	9.4269  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		578	9.4269  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		291	9.5825  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		815	9.4524  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		802	9.4309  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		216	9.5183  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,026	9.4454  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		641	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		244	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,406	9.5125  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		379	9.4169  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2	9.5450  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		503	9.4568  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		70	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		766	9.4902  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		549	9.6033  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,000	9.4009  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		317	9.5825  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		329	9.6159  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,180	9.4196  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,148	9.4345  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,070	9.5530  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		66	9.5213  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		260	9.5203  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		688	9.4180  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		608	9.5825  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,262	9.5800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		400	9.4633  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		187	9.6275  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,407	9.4894  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		167	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		36	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		187	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		187	9.4568  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,625	9.5675  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,305	9.5078  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,995	9.5825  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,310	9.5675  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		212	9.4695  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,802	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,651	9.5800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,935	9.5675  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		954	9.5825  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		190	9.4439  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		235	9.6050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,041	9.5825  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,440	9.4391  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,978	9.4432  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		61	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,525	9.4888  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,351	9.4431  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,512	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,864	9.4456  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,126	9.4869  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		179	9.5600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		262	9.6100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,506	9.4988  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,091	9.4918  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 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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