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RNS Number : 4090A  Barclays PLC  14 April 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:                                                        13 Apr 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:                                                        1,588,134           1.75%            515,758                 0.57%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        439,174             0.48%            1,581,000               1.74%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    2,027,308           2.23%            2,096,758               2.30%
 (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                                104,484                              8.4500  GBP             8.2660  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     Sale                                    200,347                              8.4337  GBP             8.3117  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                     1,340                   8.3122  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     490                     8.3231  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     812                     8.3398  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     674                     8.3401  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     543                     8.3408  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,198                   8.3440  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,432                   8.3447  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     188                     8.3483  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,129                   8.3519  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     33,392                  8.3543  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,495                   8.3560  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     584                     8.3567  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,947                  8.3571  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,331                   8.3624  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,755                   8.3686  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,147                   8.3730  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,000                   8.3736  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,785                   8.3791  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,880                   8.3835  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     850                     8.3864  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     109                     8.4056  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     171                     8.4199  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     35,872                  8.4200  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     372                     8.4255  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     192                     8.4281  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,625                   8.2660  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,000                   8.3266  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     764                     8.3303  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     655                     8.3355  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     32                      8.3660  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     597                     8.3687  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     168                     8.3936  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,862                   8.3969  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,139                  8.4117  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4                       8.4180  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,932                   8.4181  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,259                   8.4200  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     557                     8.4204  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,579                   8.4208  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     42                      8.4220  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5                       8.4282  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,042                   8.4418  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     679                     8.4428  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     566                     8.4450  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,250                  8.5858  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,625                   8.6041  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Increasing Long                      304                     8.3147  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Increasing Long                      220                     8.3687  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      2,476                   8.4236  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:                                                                        14 Apr 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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