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Barclays PLC

22 September 2026

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:				21 Sep 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:			1,985,328	2.23%	220,876	0.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			217,221	0.24%	1,979,059	2.22%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,202,549	2.47%	2,199,935	2.47%
(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		187,215		11.3200 GBP	11.2320 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		121,033		11.3573 GBP	11.2300 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		240	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		857	11.2487 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,460	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		994	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,681	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,549	11.2635 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,304	11.2593 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,278	11.2710 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,364	11.2452 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,287	11.2694 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,705	11.2322 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,039	11.2400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		973	11.2568 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		362	11.2568 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		137	11.2479 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,030	11.2606 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		2,406	11.2439 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,932	11.2525 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		133	11.2500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,574	11.2694 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113	11.3034 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,698	11.2511 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,145	11.2562 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,000	11.2378 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,734	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		181	11.2500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		293	11.2650 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		364	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,500	11.2522 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,243	11.2589 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,026	11.2420 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		136	11.2537 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,529	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,795	11.2677 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,282	11.2500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		935	11.2449 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,737	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,059	11.2472 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		184	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		143	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,980	11.2400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,429	11.2400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5,514	11.2400 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		211	11.2700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		48	11.2800 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		146	11.2465 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		5,612	11.2500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		11,350	11.2500 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,625	11.2505 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:				22 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI GAMMA COMMUNICATIONS PLC.

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