Barclays PLC — M&A Activity 2026

May 27, 2026

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Barclays PLC

27 May 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:				26 May 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:			1,439,073	1.59%	940,405	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			911,506	1.01%	1,438,896	1.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,350,579	2.60%	2,379,301	2.63%
(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		109,289		9.9519  GBP	9.8250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		93,426		9.9500  GBP	9.8345  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		425	9.8330  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,451	9.8345  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,819	9.8350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		117	9.8383  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		716	9.8393  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,000	9.8540  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		425	9.8602  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,741	9.8625  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		223	9.8645  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		213	9.8655  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		335	9.8665  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,988	9.8720  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,497	9.8725  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,085	9.8775  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.8798  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		150	9.8800  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,680	9.8801  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,744	9.8846  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		377	9.8895  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		673	9.8918  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,774	9.8933  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.8950  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.9000  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		216	9.8250  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,631	9.8350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,280	9.8354  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	9.8359  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,802	9.8424  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,873	9.8578  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		674	9.8595  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,626	9.8601  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,741	9.8625  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		289	9.8650  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,639	9.8685  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		138	9.8687  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		547	9.8700  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		570	9.8718  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,497	9.8725  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,085	9.8775  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.8801  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		194	9.8814  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,831	9.8891  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		637	9.8934  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,815	9.8945  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		782	9.8967  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93	9.9350  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66	9.9380  GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		142	9.9519  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,115	9.8651  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		136	9.8947  GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,580	9.8276  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:				27 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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