REG - Barclays PLC Gamma Communications - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

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13/04/2026 10:15

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RNS Number : 1990A  Barclays PLC  13 April 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:                                                        10 Apr 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:                                                        1,677,019           1.84%            508,780                 0.56%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        431,876             0.47%            1,651,056               1.81%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    2,108,895           2.32%            2,159,836               2.37%
 (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                                172,077                              8.6100  GBP             8.2300  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     Sale                                    148,846                              8.6100  GBP             8.2200  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                     227                     8.2235  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1                       8.2240  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1                       8.2298  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11                      8.2478  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,065                   8.2615  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,523                   8.2620  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     38                      8.2795  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,302                   8.2843  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     121                     8.2900  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     657                     8.2913  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,611                   8.2968  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,198                   8.3153  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,719                   8.3161  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,410                   8.3748  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,347                   8.3892  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     412                     8.3909  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,549                   8.3939  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,659                   8.4137  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     256                     8.4262  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     37,239                  8.4298  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,272                   8.4414  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,701                   8.4478  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     36                      8.4612  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,707                   8.4689  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     15                      8.4779  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     344                     8.4965  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,781                   8.4984  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     596                     8.5008  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     700                     8.5074  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     201                     8.5120  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     903                     8.5177  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4                       8.5599  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,500                   8.5628  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1                       8.5800  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2                       8.2301  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     147                     8.2436  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11                      8.2481  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     42,435                  8.2620  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,262                   8.2624  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,858                   8.2644  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,004                   8.2729  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     203                     8.2823  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1                       8.2860  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,045                   8.3060  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,599                   8.3063  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,014                   8.3257  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     222                     8.3375  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     419                     8.3462  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     977                     8.3565  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     621                     8.3567  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,590                   8.3626  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2                       8.3670  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     14,747                  8.3803  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,801                   8.3917  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,028                  8.4028  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,503                  8.4205  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     295                     8.4412  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     35                      8.4681  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9                       8.4728  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     316                     8.4780  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     62                      8.4820  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     524                     8.4885  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     97                      8.5029  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Increasing Long                      79                      8.2951  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Increasing Long                      2,100                   8.3942  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Increasing Long                      169                     8.4774  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      8,714                   8.5081  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:                                                                        13 Apr 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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