Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 2707G

Barclays PLC

29 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:				28 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:			1,413,375	1.56%	1,001,800	1.11%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			975,241	1.08%	1,413,352	1.56%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,388,616	2.64%	2,415,152	2.67%
(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		139,060		9.6400 GBP	9.4975 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		203,474		9.6756 GBP	9.4950 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		188	9.4950 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,888	9.5000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.5100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		653	9.5117 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,968	9.5204 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,563	9.5265 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		203	9.5300 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		223	9.5306 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		941	9.5325 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,300	9.5371 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,336	9.5372 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,778	9.5382 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		243	9.5385 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		624	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,370	9.5427 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,164	9.5460 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		152	9.5493 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	9.5555 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		970	9.6149 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,615	9.8140 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	9.9990 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	10.0000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		259	9.4975 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,015	9.5000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		392	9.5004 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	9.5150 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		598	9.5295 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		461	9.5300 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		770	9.5303 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,960	9.5351 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,264	9.5359 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,046	9.5367 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,107	9.5373 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,078	9.5394 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,125	9.5537 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144	9.5592 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		573	9.5599 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		511	9.5625 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		506	9.5856 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,000	9.6009 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		26,319	9.5064 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		548	9.5398 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		363	9.6259 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:				29 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	29 May 2026
Time	11:56:07
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2707G

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

Date	29 May 2026
Time	11:56:07
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2707G

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC