Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 5931O

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			1,359,751	1.52%	406,622	0.45%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			373,564	0.42%	1,355,231	1.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,733,315	1.94%	1,761,853	1.97%
(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		146,808		9.7374 GBP	9.4810 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		50,115		9.7580 GBP	9.6250 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		603	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,104	9.6504 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,571	9.6554 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		449	9.6649 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38	9.6544 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		173	9.6676 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		222	9.6709 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,058	9.6503 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		71	9.6555 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		267	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		254	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		29	9.6684 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,686	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		9,372	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		436	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,987	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,414	9.6512 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,963	9.6573 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,056	9.6544 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		134	9.6450 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,617	9.6472 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,525	9.6520 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		900	9.6521 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,750	9.6017 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		689	9.6519 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,226	9.6552 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,199	9.6552 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,688	9.6962 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		773	9.6521 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		364	9.6299 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,732	9.7173 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		325	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		203	9.6800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		81	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56	9.6568 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		306	9.6388 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	9.7581 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,674	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		208	9.6905 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,036	9.6529 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		606	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,749	9.4816 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,338	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		291	9.6550 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	9.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,413	9.6645 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,516	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		528	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		371	9.6647 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		59	9.6573 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,397	9.6500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		769	9.6835 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		888	9.6765 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,830	9.6551 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		419	9.6567 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,358	9.6539 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:				30 Jul 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	497.15p0.35%
Market Cap	£66.90bn

Date	30 Jul 2026
Time	11:42:37
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5931O

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	497.15p0.35%
Market Cap	£66.90bn

Date	30 Jul 2026
Time	11:42:37
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5931O

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC