Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 2978U

Barclays PLC

10 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:				09 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:			1,606,416	1.80%	320,769	0.36%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			313,965	0.35%	1,624,745	1.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,920,381	2.15%	1,945,514	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		171,617		11.8500 GBP	11.7220 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		202,108		11.8262 GBP	11.7499 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		3,601	11.7585 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,765	11.7499 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,346	11.7874 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,467	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,825	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,484	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,108	11.7734 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,733	11.7734 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,005	11.7647 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,146	11.7577 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		67,550	11.8100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		10,453	11.7505 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,598	11.7967 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	11.7223 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,302	11.7864 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19	11.8100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,092	11.7839 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		778	11.7839 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,222	11.7961 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,017	11.7760 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,493	11.7879 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,087	11.7921 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,087	11.7961 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		752	11.7943 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		800	11.7988 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,911	11.7728 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,000	11.7575 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,298	11.7925 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		379	11.7667 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,500	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,798	11.7854 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,789	11.7506 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		183	11.8100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,229	11.8190 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,508	11.7649 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2	11.8400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		423	11.8032 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		427	11.7736 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,500	11.8050 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		244	11.8036 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,121	11.7841 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		390	11.8500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		198	11.8200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,066	11.7505 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		132	11.7738 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		178	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,912	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,127	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		863	11.7500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		68,783	11.8100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		266	11.7948 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		79	11.7748 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		960	11.7731 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		814	11.7929 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:				10 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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FEOBXGDCSBBDGLG

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	492.40p1.67%
Market Cap	£66.12bn

Date	10 Sept 2026
Time	14:19:07
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2978U

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	492.40p1.67%
Market Cap	£66.12bn

Date	10 Sept 2026
Time	14:19:07
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	2978U

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC