Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 0091O

Barclays PLC

27 July 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:				24 Jul 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:			1,192,349	1.33%	586,423	0.66%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			549,760	0.61%	1,191,365	1.33%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,742,109	1.95%	1,777,788	1.99%
(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		90,589		9.5400 GBP	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		84,804		9.5500 GBP	9.4000 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		Increasing Long		558	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,300	9.4004 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,368	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		406	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,940	9.4336 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		346	9.4838 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		406	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,500	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,526	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,044	9.4266 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,905	9.4842 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,088	9.4244 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,662	9.4003 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,888	9.4080 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,772	9.4052 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,035	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,688	9.4252 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		294	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,983	9.4530 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		737	9.4530 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		540	9.5376 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		286	9.5057 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		518	9.4628 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		303	9.4218 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		458	9.4004 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,243	9.5043 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,323	9.4673 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		728	9.4754 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,004	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,138	9.4090 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	9.5375 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2	9.4701 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	9.4698 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,750	9.5066 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,790	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,471	9.4990 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		402	9.4937 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,974	9.4904 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		102	9.5100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		469	9.4750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20	9.4650 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,651	9.4522 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		85	9.4700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		103	9.4000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		747	9.4818 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		260	9.4951 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,108	9.5296 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		13,179	9.4695 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:				27 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.70p0.27%
Market Cap	£66.84bn

Date	27 Jul 2026
Time	11:59:14
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	0091O

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	496.70p0.27%
Market Cap	£66.84bn

Date	27 Jul 2026
Time	11:59:14
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	0091O

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC