(a)   Full name of discloser:

Bodycote plc

(b)   Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

  The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.   For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

N/A

(c)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

  Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Bodycote plc

(d)   Is the discloser the offeror or the offeree?

OFFEREE

(e)   Date position held:

  The latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

13 August 2026

(f)   In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

  If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”

N/A

Class of relevant security:

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1)   Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

N/A

-

N/A

-

(2)   Cash-settled derivatives:

N/A

-

N/A

-

(3)   Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

N/A

-

N/A

-

  TOTAL:

N/A

-

N/A

-

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:

N/A

Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

N/A

Details of any interests, short positions and rights to subscribe (including directors’ and other employee options) of any person acting in concert with the party to the offer making the disclosure:

a)       Interests held by directors of the Offeree, their close relatives and the related trusts of any of them (excluding options set out below)

b)       Options and awards held by directors of the Offeree, their close relatives and the related trusts of any of them

c)       Interests of connected advisers of the Offeree

*Leucadia Asset Management LLC, a group company of Jefferies Financial Group Inc., holds a short swap position over 25,198 shares.

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 party to the offer making the disclosure or any person acting in concert with it:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None.

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the party to the offer making the disclosure, or any person acting in concert with it, and any other person relating to:

(i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

(ii)   the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

None.

Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions)

NO

Supplemental Form 8 (SBL)

NO

Date of disclosure:

14 August 2026

Contact name:

Alison Broughton

Telephone number:

+44 (0)7811 775322