Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			1,495,706	1.67%	851,173	0.95%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			823,300	0.92%	1,471,483	1.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,319,006	2.59%	2,322,656	2.60%
(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		66,875		9.7900  GBP	9.5461  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		520,277		9.7400  GBP	9.5250  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		1,407	9.7020  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,696	9.7004  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,253	9.6583  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,593	9.6984  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,723	9.5870  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		558	9.6270  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		254	9.7350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,245	9.6392  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,406	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,251	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		212	9.7027  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,687	9.6966  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		199	9.6957  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		634	9.6858  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		243	9.7061  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3	9.7900  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30	9.7186  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		79	9.6983  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		233,888	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		41	9.6995  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42	9.5499  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		401	9.6891  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		149	9.6891  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		413	9.6948  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,276	9.6693  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		249	9.5807  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,832	9.6917  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		230,583	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,147	9.6995  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,347	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		675	9.6696  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		80	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		221	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,774	9.6963  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,052	9.7082  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14	9.5505  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		60	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3	9.7260  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,134	9.6992  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.6826  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		432	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		83	9.5668  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		227	9.6449  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,185	9.6373  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		62	9.5850  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.6823  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,175	9.6935  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		929	9.6935  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,028	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31	9.6449  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,375	9.6659  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		204	9.6636  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		929	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		17,820	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		421	9.6535  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		99	9.6311  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		479	9.6987  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		151	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		818	9.6639  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		720	9.7000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		332	9.6521  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		42	9.5700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		262	9.6075  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,889	9.6644  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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