Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 0596U

Barclays PLC

09 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:				08 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:			1,634,226	1.83%	318,088	0.36%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			310,692	0.35%	1,627,333	1.83%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,944,918	2.18%	1,945,421	2.18%
(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		203,298		11.9420 GBP	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		197,067		11.8400 GBP	11.6000 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		2,133	11.8199 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,084	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,574	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		50	11.7098 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,031	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,007	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,638	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,728	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		769	11.7709 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,177	11.7926 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		204	11.6000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,174	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,859	11.8205 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,375	11.9423 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,578	11.7609 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		433	11.6000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,670	11.7836 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,363	11.7836 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,364	11.7233 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,226	11.7396 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,410	11.7846 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,628	11.7911 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		400	11.7836 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,081	11.7396 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		647	11.7498 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		729	11.8009 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,111	11.7728 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,000	11.8011 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		6,972	11.8202 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,000	11.7821 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		340	11.8099 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		126	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		269	11.7136 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,502	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,226	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,614	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,540	11.7842 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		254	11.7347 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,439	11.7675 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,688	11.9423 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,569	11.7709 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,065	11.7452 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		253	11.7850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		523	11.7980 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		633	11.7597 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		594	11.7597 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,010	11.7408 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		465	11.7200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,772	11.8171 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,687	11.8275 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,948	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		147	11.7354 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		7,542	11.7354 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,586	11.7336 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		144	11.7091 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,982	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		370	11.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,705	11.7600 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		616	11.7652 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		110	11.7589 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		408	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		247	11.7442 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,211	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,788	11.7100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		860	11.7900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		141	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,180	11.7100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,298	11.7538 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,655	11.7644 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		655	11.7400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,040	11.7687 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		252	11.7442 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,013	11.7536 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,354	11.7796 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:				09 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Date	9 Sept 2026
Time	11:01:39
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	0596U

Date	9 Sept 2026
Time	11:01:39
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	0596U

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC