Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI VESUVIUS PLC

Barclays PLC

05 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:				02 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:			2,358,899	0.95%	1,595,270	0.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,520,935	0.61%	2,345,278	0.95%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,879,834	1.56%	3,940,548	1.59%
(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		104,622		4.6240  GBP	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		143,785		4.6240  GBP	4.5120  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		Increasing Long		600	4.6125  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		618	4.5940  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	4.5783  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		707	4.5851  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,216	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,009	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,034	4.5117  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,029	4.5122  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,300	4.5838  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,738	4.5452  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,206	4.5621  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,728	4.5668  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		1,886	4.5691  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		29	4.5644  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,068	4.5330  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,838	4.6088  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		354	4.5730  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		159	4.6003  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,915	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,313	4.5563  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,709	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		19	4.6119  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		2,187	4.6119  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,206	4.6119  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,082	4.5776  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,012	4.5850  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,108	4.5695  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,982	4.5537  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,129	4.5632  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,095	4.5922  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		703	4.5840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,698	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,469	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		622	4.5797  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		553	4.5500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,920	4.5622  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,813	4.5923  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,352	4.5553  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,004	4.5612  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		121	4.6046  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,829	4.6036  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,712	4.6044  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,328	4.5832  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,367	4.5515  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,350	4.5535  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:				05 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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