Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 4456S

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			1,582,075	1.77%	489,096	0.55%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			487,552	0.55%	1,552,768	1.74%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,069,627	2.32%	2,041,864	2.29%
(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		263,333		11.2786 GBP	11.1100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		190,106		11.4100 GBP	10.9900 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 Short		525	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,210	11.2694 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,062	11.1322 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,696	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,836	11.1944 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		915	11.2792 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		635	11.2792 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		392	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,961	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,920	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74	11.2330 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		860	11.3192 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,078	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,166	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,722	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		11,227	11.2705 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		403	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,500	11.0922 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,990	11.1300 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		819	11.1498 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		854	11.2117 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		318	11.2117 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		1,862	11.1058 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,664	11.2102 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		363	11.1927 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,948	11.1495 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,479	11.2705 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,829	11.0942 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		473	11.3426 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,892	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,577	11.2696 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		11,227	11.2148 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		9,709	11.2148 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		769	11.0652 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,726	11.2759 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		130	11.3200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		392	11.2650 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	11.4050 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,635	11.1520 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,280	11.2684 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,108	11.2387 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90	11.3572 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,181	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,735	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		220	11.3437 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,944	11.1300 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,435	11.1941 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,485	11.1044 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,800	11.2724 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 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Date	27 Aug 2026
Time	10:57:12
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4456S

Date	27 Aug 2026
Time	10:57:12
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4456S

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC