Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

10 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:				07 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:			1,605,309	1.80%	497,902	0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			490,556	0.55%	1,578,143	1.77%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,095,865	2.35%	2,076,045	2.32%
(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		182,641		10.0093  GBP	9.7237  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		87,570		10.0094  GBP	9.6975  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		378	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		565	9.8795  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,119	9.9268  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,367	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,941	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,439	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,220	9.8804  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		879	9.9230  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		148	9.8100  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		650	9.8903  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,390	9.8747  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,838	9.8956  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,887	9.8980  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,986	9.8985  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5,455	9.9395  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		840	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,264	9.8469  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		162	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		393	9.8531  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		69	9.8896  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,670	9.7237  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		22	9.7195  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		257	9.8548  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		133	9.9908  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,105	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		246	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,102	9.8795  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,326	9.9259  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		813	9.8987  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,549	9.8810  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40	9.8976  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		336	9.9214  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,351	9.8770  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		353	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		185	9.8896  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		146	9.8531  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,390	9.9254  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,687	9.8434  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		582	9.9407  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		301	9.8786  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		104	9.8804  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,838	9.8804  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,937	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,782	9.8615  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		957	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,042	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		626	9.9250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		329	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		466	9.7752  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		129	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		643	9.8400  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		467	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,265	9.8147  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,589	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,500	9.9270  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,093	9.8673  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		142	9.8406  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,178	9.8912  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,775	9.9016  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:				10 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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