Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

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Barclays Capital Securities Ltd disclosed on 09 Nov 2026 that it holds interests of 7,109,313 Bodycote shares (4.18%) and short positions totaling 7,162,839 shares (4.21%), leaving a net short position of 53,526 shares (0.03%). The EPT executed purchases of 50,333 shares at £9.1675–£9.1783 and sales of 37,324 shares at £9.1696–£9.1750, and reports significant cash-settled derivative activity representing 6,677,203 shares (3.92%) short and 419,908 shares (0.25%) long. No stock-settled derivatives or indemnity arrangements were disclosed.

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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:				09 Nov 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:			6,689,405	3.93%	485,636	0.29%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			419,908	0.25%	6,677,203	3.92%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			7,109,313	4.18%	7,162,839	4.21%
(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		50,333		9.1783 GBP	9.1675 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		37,324		9.1750 GBP	9.1696 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 Long		230	9.1756 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		445	9.1730 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		210	9.1734 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		110	9.1731 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	9.1692 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		755	9.1730 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	9.1700 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,364	9.1754 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,304	9.1756 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		203	9.1750 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		4,695	9.1695 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,525	9.1721 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	9.1718 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,332	9.1733 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		70	9.1705 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		825	9.1783 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,216	9.1718 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,996	9.1723 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264	9.1725 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	9.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,190	9.1727 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		74	9.1750 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,637	9.1750 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,380	9.1725 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		126	9.1717 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		215	9.1750 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,176	9.1700 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		115	9.1725 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,750	9.1700 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		657	9.1700 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,656	9.1718 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,334	9.1696 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:				10 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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