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 02 Nov 2026 showing 1,440,406 ordinary shares owned (1.61%) and short positions of 177,547 (0.20%); cash-settled derivatives include 153,255 long (0.17%) and 1,433,142 short (1.60%), yielding total interests of 1,593,661 (1.78%) and total short positions of 1,610,689 (1.80%). On 02 Nov the firm executed purchases of 388,312 shares at £10.90–£11.00 and sales of 227,307 at £10.9347–£11.00; the disclosure (filed 03 Nov 2026) notes no indemnity or voting arrangements.

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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:				02 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:			1,440,406	1.61%	177,547	0.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			153,255	0.17%	1,433,142	1.60%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,593,661	1.78%	1,610,689	1.80%
(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		388,312		11.0000 GBP	10.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		227,307		11.0000 GBP	10.9347 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		40	11.0000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		669	10.9736 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		30,155	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,177	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,058	10.9699 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,610	10.9699 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		390	10.9822 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,036	10.9763 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		69	10.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		127	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,543	10.9750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		945	10.9750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,171	10.9944 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		23,793	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		595	10.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88,619	10.9376 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,724	10.9743 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		390	10.9822 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93	10.9762 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		16	10.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		51,972	10.9754 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,044	10.9803 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,841	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,913	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		22,582	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,381	10.9321 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,813	10.9696 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,126	10.9749 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		134,893	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,684	10.9851 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,747	10.9699 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		156	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64	10.9728 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		438	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		438	10.9900 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:				03 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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