Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 5917P

Barclays PLC

06 August 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:				05 Aug 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:			1,509,116	1.69%	805,293	0.90%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			793,594	0.89%	1,481,961	1.66%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,302,710	2.58%	2,287,254	2.56%
(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		113,811		9.7850 GBP	9.6846 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		54,521		9.7650 GBP	9.6679 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		426	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		526	9.6995 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,257	9.7028 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	9.6999 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		44	9.7050 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		636	9.7197 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		585	9.7218 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		760	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,256	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		643	9.7133 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,256	9.7147 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,245	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		375	9.7211 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		48	9.7050 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		343	9.6989 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,207	9.7097 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		567	9.7004 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		81	9.7095 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		198	9.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,481	9.6998 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		734	9.7137 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,590	9.7196 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		211	9.7057 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,501	9.7056 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,203	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15	9.7099 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		110	9.6896 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		241	9.7874 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,958	9.6935 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		504	9.7245 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		85	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		83	9.7211 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		17,253	9.7018 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,249	9.7018 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		318	9.7310 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		118	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,531	9.7515 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,501	9.7859 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		504	9.6627 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		884	9.7134 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		167	9.7050 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		501	9.6999 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		204	9.7194 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		632	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,327	9.7163 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		954	9.7074 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,179	9.7025 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		748	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,155	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		162	9.7230 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		244	9.7136 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		674	9.7505 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		323	9.7564 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,272	9.7122 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,610	9.7000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		532	9.7222 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,505	9.7117 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43	9.7100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,285	9.7168 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,050	9.7489 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:				06 Aug 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	6 Aug 2026
Time	11:07:51
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5917P

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

Date	6 Aug 2026
Time	11:07:51
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5917P

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC