Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			1,295,017	1.44%	1,305,761	1.45%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,281,673	1.42%	1,294,434	1.44%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,576,690	2.86%	2,600,195	2.88%
(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		300,402		9.7850  GBP	9.4050  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		248,558		9.7840  GBP	9.4200  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 Long		593	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,324	9.7495  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		654	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		536	9.7333  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	9.6793  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		105	9.6788  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		198	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,584	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		4,785	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		13,134	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,022	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13	9.7529  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36	9.7536  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,160	9.7534  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,192	9.7534  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		115	9.7534  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,266	9.7534  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		69	9.5892  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		425	9.7203  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,918	9.7272  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.4550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77,641	9.7312  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		76	9.6585  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,396	9.6054  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31	9.7374  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		79	9.7219  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29	9.7219  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		527	9.4560  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	9.5990  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,462	9.7498  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		84	9.5391  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,000	9.6702  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		729	9.7542  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,647	9.7504  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,521	9.6816  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,351	9.4839  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		301	9.5297  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,138	9.7470  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,188	9.5834  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		425	9.5059  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.7700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.7726  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		662	9.7056  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		246	9.7056  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145	9.3959  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,362	9.7404  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47	9.4550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.4600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		15	9.7839  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,158	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,543	9.6586  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,627	9.6027  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		441	9.4690  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		246	9.6093  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53,255	9.4200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,153	9.6241  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14	9.7851  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,994	9.6381  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,663	9.6368  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,053	9.7500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76,384	9.7214  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,794	9.4200  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,794	9.6119  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,025	9.6677  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,347	9.6376  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:				11 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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