Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd disclosed an opening position in Gamma Communications PLC as at 05 Nov 2026 showing total interests of 1,647,922 shares (1.85%) and total short positions of 1,666,136 shares (1.87%), leaving a net short of 18,214 shares (≈0.02%). The EPT reported purchases of 592,124 shares at GBP 10.9698–10.9900 and sales of 437,673 shares at GBP 10.9650–10.9900; cash-settled derivatives comprised 104,695 shares (0.12%) long and 1,536,225 shares (1.72%) short. Significant swap activity included an opening short of 445,834 shares at GBP 10.9854 and a closing short of 257,673 shares at GBP 10.9800. No indemnity or related arrangements were disclosed.

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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:				05 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:			1,543,227	1.73%	129,911	0.15%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			104,695	0.12%	1,536,225	1.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,647,922	1.85%	1,666,136	1.87%
(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		592,124		10.9900 GBP	10.9698 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		437,673		10.9900 GBP	10.9650 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		Increasing Short		2,930	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,126	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		22,853	10.9718 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		21,321	10.9718 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		171	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,589	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,234	10.9693 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		292	10.9717 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,129	10.9767 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		792	10.9767 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16,931	10.9848 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,138	10.9731 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		51	10.9803 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,747	10.9826 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		53	10.9772 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		257,673	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		27,327	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		403	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,628	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		27,730	10.9854 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		445,834	10.9854 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		139	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,303	10.9774 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:				06 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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