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 showing ownership of 1,657,629 shares (1.86%) and aggregate short positions of 1,674,633 shares (1.88%), including 1,384,585 shares (1.55%) via cash-settled derivatives; on 30 Oct 2026 it executed purchases of 35,550 shares and sales of 602,487 shares at prices between £10.9000 and £10.9200, indicating net selling and a marginal net short exposure of c.0.02% that could exert modest bearish pressure on the share price.

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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:				30 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:			1,391,902	1.56%	290,048	0.32%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			265,727	0.30%	1,384,585	1.55%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,657,629	1.86%	1,674,633	1.88%
(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		35,550		10.9200 GBP	10.9021 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		602,487		10.9200 GBP	10.9000 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		Closing Short		190	10.9086 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		62	10.9086 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		779	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		16,893	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,898	10.9138 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,293	10.9138 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,087	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,222	10.9064 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,087	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		271,295	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,278	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		15	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,241	10.9065 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		461	10.9065 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		10,550	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		32,044	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,576	10.9173 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		215	10.9050 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		855	10.9197 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104,690	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,952	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		17,669	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,323	10.9097 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		626	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		74,086	10.9098 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		272	10.9081 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,222	10.9064 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		401	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		73	10.9015 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		766	10.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22	10.9200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		763	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		433	10.9100 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		954	10.9100 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 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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