Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 5969J

Barclays PLC

24 June 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:				23 Jun 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:			1,110,172	1.23%	1,199,670	1.33%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,149,003	1.28%	1,110,582	1.23%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,259,175	2.51%	2,310,252	2.57%
(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		151,591		9.1010 GBP	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		239,616		9.0350 GBP	8.8000 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 Long		293	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		604	8.8004 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,379	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,127	8.8777 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		189	8.9228 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,257	8.9561 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		849	8.9422 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,316	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,867	9.0550 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,453	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,553	8.9038 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		51,675	9.0072 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	8.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		95	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,826	8.7995 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,984	8.8004 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		117	8.8081 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,391	8.9262 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		446	8.9750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		395	8.9071 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		161	8.8518 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		668	8.9329 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		534	8.9512 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		220	8.9340 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		931	8.8964 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,537	8.8964 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,574	8.8935 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		358	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,576	8.8004 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		710	8.8621 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		238	9.0199 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51	8.9808 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,948	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		371	8.9233 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		378	8.8880 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,947	8.8960 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,449	8.9985 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5	8.8947 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		50	8.9048 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		23,965	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,553	8.8082 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	8.9798 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,696	8.9701 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		430	8.8518 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		147	8.9071 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		76	8.8994 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		220	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,128	8.9525 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		23,656	8.9525 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		98	8.9804 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,800	8.8377 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		144	9.0350 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51	8.9066 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,736	8.9238 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,390	8.9417 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,234	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		299	8.9050 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		578	8.9392 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		93	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,391	8.9512 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,738	8.9399 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		126	8.8850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,391	8.9262 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,969	8.9139 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,333	8.8142 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,390	9.1018 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		264	8.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,223	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,649	8.9318 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:				24 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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