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Barclays PLC

26 August 2026

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2633S published at 11:36 on 26/08/2026 , changes made to section 3A
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:				25 Aug 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:			1,526,613	1.71%	506,861	0.57%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			504,764	0.57%	1,497,305	1.68%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,031,377	2.28%	2,004,166	2.25%
(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		196,042		11.2005 GBP	10.9418 GBP
0.25p ordinary		Sale		244,038		11.2000 GBP	10.7970 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 Short		984	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		208	11.2005 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,603	11.0483 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,860	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,080	11.0488 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		409	11.0888 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		289	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,108	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,241	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	11.0200 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		916	11.1477 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45	11.0000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		128	10.9805 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		194	11.1662 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		33,468	10.9672 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,040	11.2005 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,826	11.0726 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	10.8424 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,206	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,188	11.1153 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		561	11.0533 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		208	11.0533 GBP
0.25p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,016	11.0092 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		184	11.0346 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		95	11.0308 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,000	11.0620 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,775	10.9993 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		171	11.1910 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,499	11.1994 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,908	11.1212 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,452	11.0874 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		385	10.9432 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,234	11.1903 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		734	11.1648 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		201	11.0382 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		33,468	10.9654 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,517	11.1223 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17	10.9617 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	10.9323 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		441	10.9700 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54	11.0000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,605	10.9994 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		625	10.9484 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,326	11.0041 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,825	11.1725 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,172	11.1725 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,719	11.2005 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		5,375	11.2005 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	10.7979 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		969	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,906	10.9991 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	10.9950 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,448	10.9997 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		248	10.9885 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		148	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	11.0006 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,992	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,512	10.9987 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		609	11.0057 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		490	11.0305 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		5,227	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	10.8823 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		888	11.0935 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		226	11.0752 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		1,414	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,112	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	10.9278 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		694	11.0600 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		349	11.2000 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,750	10.7978 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		944	11.0978 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,214	10.9900 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		126	11.0733 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		418	11.0015 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,685	11.0526 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,100	11.0526 GBP
0.25p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		7,100	11.0972 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:				26 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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