Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			1,150,817	1.28%	910,243	1.01%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			900,449	1.00%	1,146,388	1.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,051,266	2.28%	2,056,631	2.28%
(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		152,271		9.1260  GBP	8.8700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		144,150		8.9802  GBP	8.8500  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		98	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		640	8.9554  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		89	8.9541  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		571	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		389	8.9402  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		111	8.9402  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19	8.9799  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		59	9.0017  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,881	8.9342  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		244	8.9063  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		501	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,308	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,520	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,239	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,910	9.1040  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		48	8.9760  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		466	8.9570  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		73	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,348	9.0843  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		959	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,015	8.9491  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,122	8.9491  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,508	8.9576  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		7,471	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	8.9268  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,212	8.9544  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		4,603	8.9544  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		284	8.9366  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,343	8.9367  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		660	8.9571  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,087	8.9662  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,626	8.9536  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30	8.9454  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		233	8.9734  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		167	8.9750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,991	8.9802  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,408	9.0733  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,348	9.0971  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,606	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		791	8.8878  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,212	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,603	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14	8.9704  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,166	8.9694  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		349	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,695	9.0988  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		674	8.9587  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		3,204	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		12,262	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,443	8.9770  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		209	8.9242  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,390	9.0756  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,957	8.8988  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		12,262	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		290	8.8500  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,696	9.1263  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,056	8.9502  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		926	8.9550  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,025	8.8746  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:				19 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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