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RNS Number : 9297E  Barclays PLC  19 May 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:                                                        18 May 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:                                                        1,206,167           1.33%            1,062,271               1.17%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        1,027,260           1.14%            1,199,829               1.33%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    2,233,427           2.47%            2,262,100               2.50%
 (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                                261,773                              10.0750  GBP            9.8250  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     Sale                                    361,712                              10.2000  GBP            9.8550  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                     15,000                  9.8623  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     306                     9.8863  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,860                   9.8970  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,127                   9.8972  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     510                     9.9095  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     27,932                  9.9100  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,569                   9.9110  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,694                   9.9146  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     40                      9.9148  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     17,728                  9.9150  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,309                   9.9157  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,150                   9.9166  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,164                  9.9172  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     470                     9.9200  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,360                   9.9221  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,367                   9.9223  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,283                   9.9236  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,081                   9.9250  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     260                     9.9263  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     236                     9.9266  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,594                   9.9288  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,835                   9.9375  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     53,103                  9.9385  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,987                   9.9387  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     27,278                  9.9396  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,155                   9.9443  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,775                   9.9534  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,530                  9.9578  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,251                   9.9617  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     20,221                  9.9655  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,950                   9.9754  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,991                   9.9761  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     546                     10.0007  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,088                   10.0014  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     90                      10.0075  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     146                     10.0206  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     42                      10.0298  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6                       10.2000  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     45                      9.8400  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     336                     9.8771  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     95                      9.8916  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     51,126                  9.9100  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,484                   9.9103  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13,349                  9.9104  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     277                     9.9105  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,595                   9.9122  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     40                      9.9151  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     43                      9.9152  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,290                   9.9162  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     284                     9.9174  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9                       9.9175  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     303                     9.9230  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     45                      9.9231  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     228                     9.9246  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1                       9.9300  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     215                     9.9414  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     70,000                  9.9453  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,577                   9.9467  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     747                     9.9511  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,105                   9.9607  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11                      9.9650  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     370                     9.9698  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,000                   9.9859  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3                       10.0290  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     449                     9.9043  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     4,343                   9.9441  GBP
 0.25p ordinary                                     CFD                                     Increasing Short                     257                     9.9908  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:                                                                        19 May 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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