Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 7069E

Barclays PLC

18 May 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:				15 May 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:			1,221,602	1.35%	977,767	1.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			941,538	1.04%	1,219,098	1.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,163,140	2.39%	2,196,865	2.43%
(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		312,215		10.0905 GBP	9.1100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		325,791		10.0920 GBP	9.1100 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		38	9.1150 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		187	9.1594 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		863	9.1729 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		504	9.2090 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		206	9.2150 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	9.2167 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40	9.2169 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.2350 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.3150 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,897	9.3305 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41	9.3949 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		65,468	9.3956 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,978	9.4277 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,018	9.5404 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	9.7148 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,316	9.8062 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,031	9.8580 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	9.8677 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		306	9.8949 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		754	9.9132 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,449	9.9455 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,231	9.9587 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,807	10.0157 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		74	10.0255 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,350	10.0354 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		526	10.0481 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,032	10.0894 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,503	10.0900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.2100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70	9.2200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7	9.2950 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,670	9.3790 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		244	9.3919 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		578	9.4259 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,372	9.4602 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,691	9.4745 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		803	9.4808 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,918	9.5042 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,001	9.5510 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,455	9.5525 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,999	9.5749 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,604	9.6458 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,448	9.6792 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	9.7151 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,591	9.7255 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		666	9.9508 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61,950	9.9535 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19	9.9650 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,409	10.0450 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,768	10.0570 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,706	10.0900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		843	10.0905 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		406	9.2835 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		708	9.2131 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:				18 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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

Date	18 May 2026
Time	08:52:31
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7069E

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

Date	18 May 2026
Time	08:52:31
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	7069E

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC