Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 4980T

Barclays PLC

04 September 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:				03 Sep 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:			1,584,275	1.78%	223,876	0.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			221,599	0.25%	1,557,236	1.75%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,805,874	2.03%	1,781,112	2.00%
(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		249,820		11.6405 GBP	11.5600 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		246,446		11.6423 GBP	11.5600 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 Short		1,427	11.6355 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		449	11.6405 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		455	11.6028 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		461	11.6199 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		128	11.6000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		550	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,398	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	11.6158 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,262	11.5859 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,969	11.6064 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39	11.6132 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6	11.5900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,368	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,696	11.6081 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		130,765	11.5700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,607	11.5975 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		597	11.5975 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,262	11.5942 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,952	11.6096 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,945	11.5884 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,041	11.6096 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		212	11.5848 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		530	11.5909 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,725	11.6168 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		5,952	11.5770 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,255	11.5699 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		164	11.6200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		550	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,318	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10	11.6238 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		505	11.5772 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		600	11.5879 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,066	11.6171 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,232	11.5975 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,186	11.5873 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		528	11.5736 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		192	11.5750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4	11.6198 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		173	11.6195 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,370	11.5809 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,137	11.6405 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		564	11.5835 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		6,480	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		170	11.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		47	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		253	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		143	11.5992 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		89	11.5800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		277	11.5900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		572	11.6250 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,670	11.5750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		147	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,860	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,734	11.6400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,141	11.6009 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,126	11.5961 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		232	11.5800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,259	11.5900 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:				04 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Date	4 Sept 2026
Time	11:48:26
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4980T

Date	4 Sept 2026
Time	11:48:26
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4980T

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC