Form8.5EPT/NonRIGAMMACOMMUNICATIONSPLC

RNS Number : 4468X

Barclays PLC

02 October 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:				01 Oct 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:			2,109,161	2.37%	138,504	0.16%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			134,800	0.15%	2,102,128	2.36%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,243,961	2.52%	2,240,632	2.51%
(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		505,996		10.9800 GBP	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		240,233		10.9800 GBP	10.9200 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		78	10.9598 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		942	10.9758 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,617	10.9598 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,163	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		115,000	10.9648 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		286	10.9616 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79	10.9579 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		342	10.9729 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,363	10.9807 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		15,044	10.9697 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,073	10.9694 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,917	10.9642 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,084	10.9642 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		3,160	10.9714 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		78	10.9714 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,116	10.9526 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,564	10.9662 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,000	10.9489 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,302	10.9608 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,583	10.9711 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,799	10.9611 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		15,044	10.9670 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		8,035	10.9670 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,277	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		517	10.9606 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		380	10.9498 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		342	10.9729 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15	10.9750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		237	10.9546 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80	10.9500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,234	10.9629 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		71	10.9697 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,332	10.9710 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		325	10.9527 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,418	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		762	10.9600 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,538	10.9536 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,804	10.9723 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		588	10.9300 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		515	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,001	10.9600 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		96	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,266	10.9699 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,362	10.9383 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		5,458	10.9629 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		4,259	10.9629 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,881	10.9613 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,181	10.9685 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,879	10.9584 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:				02 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Date	2 Oct 2026
Time	11:48:45
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4468X

Date	2 Oct 2026
Time	11:48:45
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4468X

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