Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd disclosed on 2 Nov 2026 (positions as at 30 Oct 2026) total interests of 6,985,437 Bodycote PLC shares (4.10%) and short positions of 7,039,810 shares (4.13%), implying a net short of 54,373 shares (~0.03%); recent on-book activity included purchases of 114,197 shares at £9.155–£9.160 and sales of 796,378 shares at £9.1237–£9.1586, and the disclosure records extensive cash-settled derivatives (notably 6,417,797 shares short via swaps and 552,294 long), a position material to takeover/offer dynamics and market liquidity.

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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:				30 Oct 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:			6,433,143	3.78%	622,013	0.36%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			552,294	0.32%	6,417,797	3.77%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			6,985,437	4.10%	7,039,810	4.13%
(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		114,197		9.1600 GBP	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		796,378		9.1586 GBP	9.1237 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		1,808	9.1543 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		321	9.1554 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		84	9.1542 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45	9.1542 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		538	9.1554 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		189	9.1567 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		317,015	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,985	9.1545 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		654	9.1543 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		323,551	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		7,207	9.1587 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		317	9.1587 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		861	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		2,981	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,315	9.1554 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,917	9.1556 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,677	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,898	9.1237 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		31,168	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,944	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		403	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		686	9.1237 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		760	9.1552 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		111,739	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,653	9.1555 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,198	9.1600 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,851	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		325	9.1575 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59	9.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,717	9.1412 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 Nov 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

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