Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd filed an opening position disclosure under Rule 8.5 relating to Gamma Communications PLC showing 2,751,674 shares owned/controlled (3.08%) and 155,631 short (0.17%), cash-settled derivatives long 134,002 (0.15%) and short 2,745,293 (3.07%), giving total interests of 2,885,676 (3.23%) and total short positions of 2,900,924 (3.25%) — a net short of 15,248 shares (~0.02%). On 11 Nov 2026 the EPT purchased 323,816 shares at £10.9759–£10.9903 and sold 406,451 at £10.9800–£10.9907, and executed numerous swaps/CFDs including a 150,000-share increase in short swaps at £10.9804.

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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:				11 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:			2,751,674	3.08%	155,631	0.17%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			134,002	0.15%	2,745,293	3.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,885,676	3.23%	2,900,924	3.25%
(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		323,816		10.9903 GBP	10.9759 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		406,451		10.9907 GBP	10.9800 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		808	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		858	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		6,669	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		163	10.9850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		329	10.9850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		80,686	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	10.9893 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		539	10.9893 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		220	10.9835 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,771	10.9892 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		162	10.9903 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,096	10.9850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		278	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		570	10.9885 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		164	10.9862 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		75,163	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		74	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		365	10.9825 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		409	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,025	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		74	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		147	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27	10.9850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		96,804	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		282	10.9759 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		114	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,744	10.9875 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		882	10.9894 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		136	10.9850 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		150,000	10.9804 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,310	10.9800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,912	10.9854 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		140	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:				12 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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