Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

Barclays PLC

11 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:				10 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:			4,638,178	2.73%	357,521	0.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			306,995	0.18%	4,626,285	2.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,945,173	2.91%	4,983,806	2.93%
(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		245,162		9.1783  GBP	9.0825  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		323,538		9.1950  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		Decreasing Short		2,100	9.1194  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	9.1143  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		278	9.1049  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,498	9.1222  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,599	9.1202  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,374	9.1201  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,819	9.1221  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		113	9.1220  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,017	9.1207  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,010	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,905	9.1053  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		848	9.1104  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,500	9.1227  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,724	9.1150  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		502	9.1158  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		1	9.2000  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		29,410	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		5,601	9.1193  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,079	9.1182  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		87,142	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,469	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		2,045	9.1031  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		587	9.1024  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		313	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		5,394	9.1045  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,124	9.1045  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,106	9.1079  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,921	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,090	9.1144  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,077	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		787	9.1314  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,124	9.1187  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		756	9.1187  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,094	9.1114  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,003	9.1053  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		993	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		756	9.1098  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,177	9.1098  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,495	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,970	9.1061  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		263	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,333	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,888	9.1185  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		844	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		181	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:				11 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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