Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

Barclays PLC

18 August 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				BODYCOTE PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				BODYCOTE PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				17 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:				17 3/11p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			4,267,601	2.51%	351,233	0.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			300,660	0.18%	4,255,685	2.50%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,568,261	2.68%	4,606,918	2.71%
(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
17 3/11p ordinary		Purchase		346,802		9.1700  GBP	9.1125  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		440,307		9.1825  GBP	9.1200  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		526	9.1243  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	9.1368  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		370	9.1346  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,686	9.1388  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		843	9.1432  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		590	9.1417  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		120	9.1345  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,566	9.1388  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,032	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13	9.1265  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		752	9.1195  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,300	9.1285  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,650	9.1277  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,242	9.1242  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		10,874	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		493	9.1342  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,388	9.1326  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,137	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,194	9.1306  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,242	9.1306  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,674	9.1259  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,057	9.1254  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,574	9.1284  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		130	9.1366  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		966	9.1319  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		966	9.1300  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,615	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,991	9.1265  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,721	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,422	9.1327  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		499	9.1125  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		640	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		521	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		504	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,907	9.1300  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,860	9.1249  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,161	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,147	9.1218  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,863	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,815	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,230	9.1333  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,516	9.1250  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,555	9.1274  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,568	9.1307  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,833	9.1275  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:				18 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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