Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 1990A

Barclays PLC

13 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:				10 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:			1,677,019	1.84%	508,780	0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			431,876	0.47%	1,651,056	1.81%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,108,895	2.32%	2,159,836	2.37%
(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		172,077		8.6100 GBP	8.2300 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		148,846		8.6100 GBP	8.2200 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		227	8.2235 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	8.2240 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	8.2298 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	8.2478 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,065	8.2615 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,523	8.2620 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38	8.2795 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,302	8.2843 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		121	8.2900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		657	8.2913 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,611	8.2968 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,198	8.3153 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,719	8.3161 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,410	8.3748 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,347	8.3892 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		412	8.3909 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,549	8.3939 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,659	8.4137 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		256	8.4262 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,239	8.4298 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,272	8.4414 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,701	8.4478 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36	8.4612 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,707	8.4689 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	8.4779 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		344	8.4965 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,781	8.4984 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		596	8.5008 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		700	8.5074 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		201	8.5120 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		903	8.5177 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	8.5599 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,500	8.5628 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	8.5800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	8.2301 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		147	8.2436 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	8.2481 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,435	8.2620 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,262	8.2624 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,858	8.2644 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,004	8.2729 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		203	8.2823 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	8.2860 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,045	8.3060 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,599	8.3063 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,014	8.3257 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		222	8.3375 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		419	8.3462 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		977	8.3565 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		621	8.3567 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,590	8.3626 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	8.3670 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,747	8.3803 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,801	8.3917 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,028	8.4028 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,503	8.4205 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		295	8.4412 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35	8.4681 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	8.4728 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		316	8.4780 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62	8.4820 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		524	8.4885 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		97	8.5029 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		79	8.2951 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,100	8.3942 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		169	8.4774 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		8,714	8.5081 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 Apr 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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FEOGIGDSISBDGLX

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.65p0.64%
Market Cap	£66.76bn

Date	13 Apr 2026
Time	10:08:37
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	1990A

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.65p0.64%
Market Cap	£66.76bn

Date	13 Apr 2026
Time	10:08:37
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	1990A

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC