Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			1,535,487	1.72%	275,494	0.31%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			271,842	0.30%	1,505,392	1.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,807,329	2.02%	1,780,886	1.99%
(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		79,685		9.9000  GBP	9.6780  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		62,247		9.8750  GBP	9.6795  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		17	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		274	9.6795  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,202	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,309	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24	9.7807  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37	9.8034  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,896	9.7909  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		170	9.7650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		219	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,076	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		119	9.6798  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		307	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		553	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64	9.7544  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,987	9.7523  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		98	9.7718  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,221	9.7106  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		190	9.7892  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		78	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		300	9.7587  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		78	9.7204  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,719	9.6977  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,001	9.7852  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,116	9.7852  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		580	9.8717  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		234	9.7725  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		98	9.8258  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,030	9.8170  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		277	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,785	9.6804  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,893	9.8062  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,774	9.8258  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		221	9.6798  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		391	9.7767  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,754	9.7130  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,307	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		233	9.7815  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,140	9.6796  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		707	9.8472  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,500	9.8225  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,841	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		197	9.7975  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		226	9.8182  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		362	9.8389  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123	9.7826  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		639	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		212	9.8750  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		402	9.7833  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,038	9.6800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,481	9.8664  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		130	9.7850  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		201	9.9000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,464	9.7559  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,837	9.8222  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:				13 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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