Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			1,156,906	1.28%	1,284,720	1.42%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,261,520	1.40%	1,156,233	1.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,418,426	2.68%	2,440,953	2.71%
(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		231,104		9.7570  GBP	9.5681  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		348,174		9.7350  GBP	9.5695  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		541	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,870	9.5695  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		654	9.6648  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,501	9.6459  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,696	9.6696  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		119	9.6642  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,412	9.6343  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,820	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		13,134	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		80	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,223	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21	9.6015  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		57	9.6022  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,055	9.5945  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		951	9.5770  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		189	9.6017  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,075	9.6020  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22	9.6550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		217	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.6850  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,649	9.6263  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		554	9.6314  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,437	9.7571  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		213,613	9.6350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1	9.6100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		94	9.6012  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35	9.6012  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		116	9.6556  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,608	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,000	9.6330  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,013	9.6269  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,823	9.5735  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		576	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		252	9.5699  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		519	9.6434  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		182	9.6445  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		819	9.6568  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10	9.6362  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,114	9.6513  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.7100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.6901  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,625	9.7256  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,137	9.6343  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		914	9.6233  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		340	9.6233  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93	9.6950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,870	9.6592  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,290	9.5947  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,412	9.5816  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.6750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		244	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,365	9.6484  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		232	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		88	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,366	9.6338  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,571	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		127	9.7143  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		821	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.6898  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,886	9.6526  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,246	9.6273  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,908	9.6461  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,540	9.6509  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		79,337	9.6348  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,038	9.6578  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:				12 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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