Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 5487F

Barclays PLC

25 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:				22 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:			1,422,462	1.57%	939,657	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			910,030	1.01%	1,421,359	1.57%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,332,492	2.58%	2,361,016	2.61%
(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		178,133		9.8354 GBP	9.6650 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		108,725		9.8400 GBP	9.7027 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		2,813	9.5874 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,028	9.7027 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		198	9.7100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		738	9.7102 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		815	9.7103 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.7150 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		154	9.7250 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		457	9.7265 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		973	9.7323 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,705	9.7325 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,035	9.7350 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,380	9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,829	9.7412 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,941	9.7475 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,016	9.7527 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,274	9.7575 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,479	9.7682 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,625	9.7700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,294	9.7725 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		142	9.7764 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,890	9.7825 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,772	9.7875 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.7950 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		255	9.7980 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		763	9.8069 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	9.8175 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,759	9.8178 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		489	9.8336 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,489	9.8350 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		138	9.8401 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	9.6650 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,647	9.6830 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,260	9.7065 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.7125 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31	9.7132 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,705	9.7325 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,160	9.7350 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,299	9.7394 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,380	9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,608	9.7439 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,941	9.7449 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,444	9.7464 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,941	9.7475 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,383	9.7498 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,744	9.7538 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,274	9.7575 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		131	9.7650 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		976	9.7664 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,259	9.7669 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		739	9.7692 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,537	9.7700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,294	9.7725 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,033	9.7753 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,200	9.7788 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,890	9.7825 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,772	9.7875 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		286	9.7981 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	9.8175 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		107	9.8195 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,570	9.8251 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,280	9.8269 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,629	9.8350 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,320	9.8354 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		126	9.8775 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		75	9.7549 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:				25 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	495.00p0.30%
Market Cap	£66.53bn

Date	26 May 2026
Time	07:00:05
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5487F

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	495.00p0.30%
Market Cap	£66.53bn

Date	26 May 2026
Time	07:00:05
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5487F

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC