Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 4591F

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			1,383,580	1.53%	970,183	1.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			938,384	1.04%	1,385,274	1.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,321,964	2.57%	2,355,457	2.60%
(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		172,868		9.9225 GBP	9.6800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		110,884		9.9000 GBP	9.5870 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		3	9.5100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		241	9.6950 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	9.6966 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,627	9.7025 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	9.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.7223 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	9.7300 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.7373 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		357	9.7380 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,783	9.7390 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,833	9.7395 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		600	9.7396 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,872	9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,288	9.7423 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,798	9.7506 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		846	9.7529 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		194	9.7550 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		717	9.7669 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.7700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	9.7840 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		75	9.7902 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,047	9.8148 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,080	9.8173 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,162	9.8180 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,137	9.8256 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		268	9.8287 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		165	9.8525 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,313	9.8619 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	9.8738 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		294	9.8997 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		237	9.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,924	9.7003 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,627	9.7025 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,398	9.7078 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,328	9.7152 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		603	9.7220 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		546	9.7221 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,976	9.7222 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,055	9.7285 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	9.7301 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		607	9.7350 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,435	9.7360 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,762	9.7364 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,196	9.7370 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,702	9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,523	9.7404 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,477	9.7408 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		238	9.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,100	9.7660 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,144	9.7875 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		174	9.7949 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.7950 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,166	9.7991 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		843	9.8416 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		765	9.8417 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		388	9.8625 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,330	9.7528 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,306	9.7132 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		139	9.8976 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:				22 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	495.40p0.43%
Market Cap	£66.59bn

Date	22 May 2026
Time	09:34:11
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4591F

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	495.40p0.43%
Market Cap	£66.59bn

Date	22 May 2026
Time	09:34:11
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4591F

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC