Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI VESUVIUS PLC

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			2,073,378	0.84%	1,638,390	0.66%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,695,468	0.68%	2,058,612	0.83%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,768,846	1.52%	3,697,002	1.49%
(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		129,419		4.6806  GBP	4.5740  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		84,576		4.6880  GBP	4.5980  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		1,100	4.6854  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,176	4.6526  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		457	4.6070  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		58	4.6396  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,210	4.6487  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,363	4.6320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		500	4.6307  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,577	4.6320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,750	4.5749  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		220	4.6740  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,513	4.6370  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,588	4.6205  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		972	4.6502  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,749	4.6338  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		95	4.6120  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		4,444	4.6456  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		979	4.6449  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		307	4.6450  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		260	4.6544  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,031	4.6321  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		13,126	4.6320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,750	4.5897  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,185	4.6280  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		95	4.6280  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58,108	4.6538  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91	4.6720  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,193	4.6320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,338	4.6280  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,593	4.6329  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,913	4.6496  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	4.6419  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		83	4.6690  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,552	4.6649  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,593	4.6320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		693	4.5934  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,142	4.6725  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		503	4.6434  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		290	4.5999  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		46,941	4.6487  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14	4.5899  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		844	4.6048  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		390	4.5979  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,048	4.5700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,670	4.6319  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,245	4.5700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,934	4.6676  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		428	4.5960  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		407	4.6400  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,051	4.6073  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,699	4.6611  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,377	4.6306  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,013	4.6529  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,674	4.6336  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		549	4.6369  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,215	4.6320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,651	4.6616  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		959	4.6632  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		346	4.6829  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		241	4.6880  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,212	4.6806  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:				15 Oct 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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