Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 2184O

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			1,240,957	1.39%	539,181	0.60%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			501,565	0.56%	1,240,235	1.39%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,742,522	1.95%	1,779,416	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		156,908		9.5531 GBP	9.4902 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		61,058		9.5500 GBP	9.4650 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		657	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,138	9.5404 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,189	9.5379 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		271	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,235	9.5008 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		323	9.5091 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,413	9.5297 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		79	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,773	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		86	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,359	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		725	9.5395 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		75	9.5397 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		651	9.5392 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,097	9.5392 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,879	9.5399 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,874	9.5406 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		951	9.5374 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		460	9.5360 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		908	9.5398 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,898	9.5306 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,193	9.5306 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		692	9.5194 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		1,243	9.5194 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		270	9.5383 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,416	9.5405 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,384	9.5395 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,368	9.5204 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,709	9.5186 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		367	9.5313 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,543	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,917	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		386	9.5237 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,208	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,939	9.5471 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		79	9.5025 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		117	9.5419 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,543	9.5398 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		633	9.5531 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6	9.5337 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		523	9.5352 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,457	9.5270 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		424	9.5400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,791	9.5349 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,103	9.5171 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		944	9.5265 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,769	9.5319 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		290	9.5160 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		158	9.5200 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:				28 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.35p0.35%
Market Cap	£66.52bn

Date	28 Jul 2026
Time	14:14:30
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2184O

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.35p0.35%
Market Cap	£66.52bn

Date	28 Jul 2026
Time	14:14:30
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2184O

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC