Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

Barclays PLC

02 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:				01 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:			3,887,132	2.28%	342,652	0.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			287,524	0.17%	3,875,161	2.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,174,656	2.45%	4,217,813	2.48%
(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		1,888,108		9.5500  GBP	9.4900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		857,964		9.5550  GBP	9.4875  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		1,900	9.5391  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	9.5380  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,470	9.5501  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		862	9.5284  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		462	9.5268  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		390	9.5267  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		196	9.5247  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,825	9.5285  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,558	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		169	9.4500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,339	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,903	9.4904  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		511	9.5493  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,436	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		4,408	9.4972  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		377	9.5472  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,300	9.5097  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,333	9.5398  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		37,582	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		250,000	9.5347  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,570	9.4597  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,931	9.5375  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,436	9.5316  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,589	9.4918  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		17,339	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		170,086	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,918	9.5209  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,420	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		326	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,357	9.5431  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		617	9.5244  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,067	9.5310  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,142	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		22,185	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		36,255	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,156	9.5039  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		565	9.5475  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		167,516	9.5185  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,799	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,068	9.5168  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,390	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		171,268	9.5147  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		228,732	9.5147  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,724	9.5471  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,554	9.5243  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,059	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		213,866	9.5047  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,499	9.5308  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		5,633	9.5263  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		20,411	9.5263  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,544	9.5500  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	9.5147  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		75,000	9.5433  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,603	9.5168  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400,000	9.5098  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 Sep 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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