Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

14 August 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:				13 Aug 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:			1,620,114	1.82%	231,017	0.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			227,091	0.25%	1,589,745	1.78%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,847,205	2.07%	1,820,762	2.04%
(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		162,401		9.8100  GBP	9.6850  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		33,297		9.8100  GBP	9.6899  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		68	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		867	9.6904  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		348	9.7507  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,634	9.7690  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58	9.7680  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76	9.7690  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,703	9.7734  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		424	9.7783  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		3,241	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,241	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,507	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		208	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		553	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,494	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		94	9.7501  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,006	9.7497  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		629	9.7516  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,260	9.6899  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,215	9.7368  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,819	9.7267  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		491	9.7287  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,687	9.7619  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,632	9.7654  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		473	9.6939  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,605	9.7505  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,711	9.7505  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		444	9.7398  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		133	9.7279  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85	9.7608  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		176	9.6995  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,202	9.7755  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,341	9.7781  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,681	9.7692  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		489	9.7136  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		235	9.7811  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,688	9.7344  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,367	9.6926  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		348	9.7800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,708	9.7719  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		118	9.7900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		280	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,511	9.7206  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,949	9.7682  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,839	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		456	9.6929  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,630	9.7701  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		99	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,032	9.7655  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,984	9.6900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,283	9.7632  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,471	9.7788  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,432	9.7801  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		167	9.7519  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		24,475	9.7763  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		8,754	9.7763  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:				14 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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