Form8.5EPT/NonRIGAMMACOMMUNICATIONSPLC Replacement

Barclays PLC

05 August 2026

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2242P published at 11:32 on 04/08/2026, changes made to section 3A
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:				03 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:			1,487,719	1.66%	389,784	0.44%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			357,381	0.40%	1,463,496	1.64%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,845,100	2.06%	1,853,280	2.07%
(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		48,520		9.5500  GBP	9.4034  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		41,074		9.5500  GBP	9.4005  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		244	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		979	9.5495  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		661	9.5413  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,746	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,324	9.4256  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		692	9.4389  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		474	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		10,584	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,794	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		520	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		178	9.5310  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,716	9.4691  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		581	9.5460  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,195	9.5113  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		92	9.3600  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,728	9.4978  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		694	9.5218  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		87	9.5330  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,688	9.4818  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		457	9.4509  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,500	9.4623  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		930	9.4623  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		2,118	9.4070  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		96	9.4755  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		273	9.4507  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		7	9.4684  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,598	9.5261  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		985	9.5495  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		754	9.4502  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,019	9.4314  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7	9.4665  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24	9.4669  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,158	9.4651  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		581	9.4349  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		262	9.4817  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		290	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,577	9.4435  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		49	9.4225  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		207	9.4480  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		173	9.4650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,133	9.4325  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		579	9.4307  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		186	9.4350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,474	9.4127  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		512	9.4044  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,007	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4	9.5500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		504	9.4091  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		951	9.4401  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,233	9.4099  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,189	9.4322  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 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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