Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Apr 17 2026 11:17 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 9469A

Barclays PLC

17 April 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:				16 Apr 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:			1,501,392	1.65%	505,897	0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			434,786	0.48%	1,495,301	1.64%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,936,178	2.13%	2,001,198	2.20%
(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		116,002		8.9580 GBP	8.8093 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		81,754		9.0000 GBP	8.8469 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 Short		232	8.8469 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	8.8620 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		880	8.8735 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,134	8.8788 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,127	8.8837 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		276	8.8860 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		147	8.8900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	8.8928 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		163	8.9047 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		220	8.9076 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		180	8.9129 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,662	8.9132 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	8.9146 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		84	8.9179 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,609	8.9190 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	8.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		793	8.9219 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,888	8.9225 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		766	8.9261 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,388	8.9311 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,453	8.9326 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,682	8.9327 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,670	8.9335 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		692	8.9336 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,296	8.9340 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,645	8.9418 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		316	8.9440 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		669	8.9469 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	8.9498 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	9.0000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		655	8.8093 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	8.8320 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,113	8.8540 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		637	8.8770 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,284	8.8860 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		655	8.8889 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5	8.8931 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,253	8.9006 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		327	8.9010 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,778	8.9034 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,515	8.9043 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		546	8.9046 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,113	8.9061 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		889	8.9114 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,614	8.9141 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		559	8.9203 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	8.9271 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,435	8.9340 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	8.9501 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,490	8.9552 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		666	8.9588 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		596	8.8915 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13,307	8.9010 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,714	8.9365 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:				17 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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