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Barclays PLC

10 July 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:				09 Jul 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:			840,720	0.94%	1,143,728	1.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,103,400	1.23%	838,485	0.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,944,120	2.17%	1,982,213	2.21%
(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		160,538		8.9595 GBP	8.5550 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		377,019		8.9596 GBP	8.0680 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		Increasing Long		703	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,349	8.8745 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,616	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		487	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		12,968	8.8025 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,252	8.8144 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,062	8.9448 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		4,522	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,187	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,024	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		104	8.8925 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,164	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,516	8.8637 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,285	8.9015 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,094	8.8720 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		118	8.8252 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,083	8.8754 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		53	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,605	8.9412 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,361	8.8598 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,349	8.8578 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		873	8.8578 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		6,792	8.8758 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,514	8.8485 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,427	8.7623 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		214	8.8507 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,850	8.8720 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	8.8958 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		903	8.7907 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,967	8.8482 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,644	8.8481 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,371	8.8878 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,295	8.8042 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,708	8.7890 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,107	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,308	8.8642 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		566	8.8436 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	8.9223 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		736	8.8280 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28	8.8000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,302	8.8625 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		592	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	8.9105 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,182	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,230	8.8118 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,879	8.9481 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,039	8.8096 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		10,819	8.8587 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		14,413	8.8587 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	8.9226 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,688	8.0683 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,313	8.8010 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	8.9055 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		797	8.9591 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		84	8.7887 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,255	8.8852 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,477	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,250	8.5559 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,971	8.8125 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		822	8.8732 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		347	8.9606 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,843	8.8946 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		650	8.8149 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,447	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		370	8.8755 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,022	8.9323 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		204	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,256	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,760	8.8750 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,097	8.8233 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		375	8.8486 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		477	8.8364 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		252	8.8630 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		74,324	8.8164 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:				10 Jul 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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