Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

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Exempt principal trader Barclays Capital Securities Ltd disclosed holdings in Gamma Communications of 1,392,286 shares (1.56%) and 107,821 cash-settled derivative equivalents (0.12%), totalling 1,500,107 shares (1.68%), versus total short positions of 1,517,907 shares (1.70%) comprising 133,421 shares (0.15%) and 1,384,486 cash-settled derivatives (1.55%), yielding a net short of ~17,800 shares (~0.02%); on 04 Nov 2026 it purchased 64,149 shares at GBP10.9678–10.9950 and sold 93,135 at GBP10.9700–10.9950, with extensive swap/CFD activity reported.

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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:				04 Nov 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:			1,392,286	1.56%	133,421	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			107,821	0.12%	1,384,486	1.55%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,500,107	1.68%	1,517,907	1.70%
(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		64,149		10.9950 GBP	10.9678 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		93,135		10.9950 GBP	10.9700 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 Long		8,598	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,058	10.9757 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,553	10.9757 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,887	10.9811 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		478	10.9847 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		365	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		9	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		827	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,284	10.9839 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		477	10.9839 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16,548	10.9817 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,062	10.9763 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,781	10.9720 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,982	10.9877 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,440	10.9897 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		260	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,887	10.9811 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		199	10.9826 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		932	10.9708 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		86	10.9812 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,365	10.9808 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39	10.9783 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		95	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	10.9833 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		244	10.9870 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	10.9850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		112	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,113	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		567	10.9800 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:				05 Nov 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

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