Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			3,728,047	2.19%	349,599	0.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			296,703	0.17%	3,716,076	2.18%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,024,750	2.36%	4,065,675	2.39%
(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		248,606		9.1300  GBP	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		208,018		9.1300  GBP	9.0900  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		Opening Long		1,200	9.1015  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	9.1193  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		623	9.1104  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		271	9.1052  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		207	9.1053  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26	9.0973  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,318	9.1104  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,034	9.1000  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		94	9.1059  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58,088	9.1000  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,868	9.1004  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,400	9.0995  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,224	9.1043  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		14,651	9.1147  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		20,000	9.0990  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27	9.1108  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,595	9.1009  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,515	9.1000  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		9,418	9.1169  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		686	9.1038  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,383	9.1038  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,320	9.1038  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57	9.1000  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,650	9.1126  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		500	9.1016  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		76	9.1000  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,920	9.1129  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		841	9.1123  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,158	9.1013  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,887	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,728	9.1000  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,149	9.1133  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		590	9.1050  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:				27 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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