Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

RNS Number : 4138H

Barclays PLC

08 June 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:				05 Jun 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:			2,803,391	1.64%	535,139	0.31%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			461,792	0.27%	2,773,820	1.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			3,265,183	1.90%	3,308,959	1.93%
(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		96,184		7.4833 GBP	7.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		237,397		7.5250 GBP	7.1545 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		700	7.3529 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,719	7.4994 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,011	7.3104 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		453	7.3354 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		196	7.3400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,191	7.3128 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95	7.3256 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,602	7.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,524	7.4000 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		984	7.1546 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		8,265	7.1620 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,300	7.3602 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,000	7.3977 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,785	7.2835 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,539	7.3162 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		675	7.3733 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,640	7.2961 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,214	7.1545 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,645	7.3665 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,341	7.2804 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		791	7.4484 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		558	7.1548 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,899	7.2008 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,060	7.2169 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,438	7.3245 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,139	7.2178 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,786	7.4048 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,854	7.2482 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,694	7.2680 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,016	7.2244 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		717	7.3245 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		174	7.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		11,703	7.2059 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		26,457	7.2059 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,578	7.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,334	7.2767 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,355	7.3022 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		980	7.3373 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,580	7.1550 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		27	7.3392 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,382	7.2334 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,126	7.2634 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,479	7.2555 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,636	7.3273 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Closing Short		9,995	7.2791 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:				08 Jun 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.70p0.39%
Market Cap	£66.57bn

Date	8 Jun 2026
Time	11:01:44
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4138H

TIDM	BARC
Share Price	494.70p0.39%
Market Cap	£66.57bn

Date	8 Jun 2026
Time	11:01:44
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	4138H

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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC