Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

Barclays PLC

29 September 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:				28 Sep 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:			4,151,440	2.44%	128,402	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			69,225	0.04%	4,139,588	2.43%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,220,665	2.48%	4,267,990	2.51%
(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		1,579,844		9.1900  GBP	9.1675  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		1,415,804		9.1819  GBP	9.1675  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		Increasing Long		400	9.1698  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		195	9.1751  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		94	9.1715  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		110	9.1742  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		393	9.1750  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		28,134	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76,939	9.1698  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,062	9.1695  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		10,884	9.1695  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		94,704	9.1732  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,000	9.1707  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		75	9.1608  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		1,230	9.1727  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		7,818	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	9.1800  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,685	9.1716  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,896	9.1740  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	9.1703  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,122	9.1779  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,272	9.1696  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33	9.1750  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		10,884	9.1706  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		14,783	9.1706  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,147	9.1728  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		1,230	9.1726  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		2,313	9.1726  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,202	9.1701  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100,000	9.1681  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		450	9.1784  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,558	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264	9.1728  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,630	9.1702  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,986	9.1725  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,376	9.1708  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		150,000	9.1683  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,424	9.1725  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		13,153	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,116	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		7,818	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,097	9.1705  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,171	9.1796  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		770	9.1750  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,541	9.1755  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,771	9.1725  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,064	9.1730  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,571	9.1747  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,899	9.1755  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		410	9.1730  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,269	9.1747  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57,297	9.1716  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,392	9.1785  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,593	9.1724  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		146,138	9.1748  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		799	9.1730  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32	9.1750  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,190	9.1732  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,650	9.1700  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		708	9.1880  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		130	9.1730  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,484	9.1730  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,796	9.1705  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		173,004	9.1700  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:				29 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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