Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI VESUVIUS PLC

Barclays PLC

02 October 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				VESUVIUS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				RHI MAGNESITA N.V.
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				01 Oct 2026
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				YES:
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				RHI MAGNESITA N.V.
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:				10p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,402,851	0.97%	1,600,059	0.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,527,713	0.62%	2,391,222	0.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,930,564	1.58%	3,991,281	1.61%
(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
10p ordinary		Purchase		337,370		4.7580  GBP	4.5670  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		190,155		4.7081  GBP	4.5680  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		700	4.6659  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		600	4.6680  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		749	4.6899  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		515	4.6853  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		144	4.6927  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		675	4.6755  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,278	4.6866  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,676	4.5680  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,813	4.5697  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,134	4.5682  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,000	4.6607  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,131	4.7012  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,841	4.5684  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,343	4.6419  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,647	4.6614  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,519	4.5966  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,676	4.5680  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,802	4.5680  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,061	4.6874  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		102	4.6720  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		309	4.6747  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,653	4.5684  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,501	4.6117  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,473	4.6979  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		924	4.6781  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	4.6700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,908	4.6459  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		207	4.6720  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		508	4.6657  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,956	4.6581  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		118	4.6780  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		98,948	4.6872  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,853	4.6249  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		315	4.6690  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,936	4.5680  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,863	4.6820  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,434	4.6219  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		791	4.6356  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,394	4.6460  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,712	4.6463  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,494	4.6803  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		238	4.6860  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,851	4.6844  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,376	4.6670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,379	4.7016  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:				02 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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