Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			4,489,310	2.64%	357,445	0.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			306,894	0.18%	4,451,773	2.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,796,204	2.82%	4,809,218	2.83%
(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		239,453		9.1548  GBP	9.0881  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		269,383		9.1298  GBP	9.0890  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		499	9.1232  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	9.0993  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,981	9.1101  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		737	9.1215  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		574	9.1194  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		441	9.1194  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62	9.1099  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	9.1197  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,556	9.1215  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,717	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,810	9.0901  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,926	9.0895  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47	9.1129  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,400	9.1208  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		495	9.0902  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,242	9.1042  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65	9.0898  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,617	9.1211  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,455	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,511	9.0890  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,026	9.1092  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		1,067	9.1092  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		550	9.1153  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		181	9.0901  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		922	9.1145  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		800	9.0893  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		997	9.1028  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		96	9.0898  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,497	9.1196  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		73,441	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		290	9.1148  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		997	9.1050  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		5,860	9.0942  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		7,370	9.0942  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,771	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		42	9.1206  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,669	9.1244  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	9.1200  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,751	9.0895  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		285	9.1150  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		54	9.1298  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,113	9.0954  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		323	9.1250  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		9,121	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,817	9.0900  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		361	9.1100  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		758	9.1128  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:				13 Aug 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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