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 03 Nov 2026 holding 1,429,457 ordinary shares (1.60%) plus 116,419 cash-settled derivative long equivalents (0.13%), total interests 1,545,876 (1.73%) versus short positions of 1,563,354 (1.75%), yielding a marginal net short of 17,478 shares (≈0.02%); intraday activity included purchases of 157,617 shares at £10.9700–£10.9900 and sales of 132,625 at £10.9700–£10.9837, with numerous swaps and CFDs transacted at prices around £10.97–£10.99; no indemnity or related arrangements were 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:				03 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:			1,429,457	1.60%	141,606	0.16%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			116,419	0.13%	1,421,748	1.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,545,876	1.73%	1,563,354	1.75%
(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		157,617		10.9900 GBP	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		132,625		10.9837 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 Short		769	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		3,177	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		13,983	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,728	10.9720 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,242	10.9720 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		271	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		178	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,506	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		298	10.9835 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		9	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,434	10.9775 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		905	10.9775 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,431	10.9815 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		23,793	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		134,893	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,365	10.9755 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,177	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		536	10.9787 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,197	10.9820 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,800	10.9701 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		496	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		23,793	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		22,582	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,267	10.9802 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		114	10.9889 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,408	10.9861 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		36,295	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		51,972	10.9754 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,500	10.9743 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		379	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		619	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		595	10.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		179	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		595	10.9000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,271	10.9807 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		51,972	10.9754 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,539	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		22,582	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		134,893	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		17,701	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		7,846	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,238	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		6,608	10.9837 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:				04 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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