Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC.


    26 August 2026 11:37:22
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RNS Number : 2636S
Barclays PLC
26 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:

 

25 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:

 

 

3,663,218

2.15%

325,358

0.19%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

272,462

0.16%

3,651,247

2.15%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

3,935,680

2.31%

3,976,605

2.34%

(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

171,181

9.1175  GBP

9.0500  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

Sale

113,322

9.1050  GBP

9.0500  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

Closing Short

2,800

9.0696  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

300

9.1055  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,719

9.0627  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

806

9.0982  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

450

9.0919  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

334

9.0908  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24

9.0742  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,704

9.0983  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,226

9.0500  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

398

9.0509  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,567

9.0504  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

818

9.0493  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34

9.0725  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

1,821

9.0759  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

13,357

9.1055  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,961

9.0553  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,621

9.0500  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

319

9.0747  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

2,173

9.0747  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

884

9.0747  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

50,000

9.0695  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

460

9.0899  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11

9.0713  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,185

9.0746  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

482

9.0693  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,219

9.0673  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,660

9.0938  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

144

9.0700  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,609

9.0568  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

471

9.0500  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46

9.0500  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,394

9.0500  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,958

9.1000  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,383

9.0790  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

765

9.0764  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,419

9.0690  GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,537

9.0650  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:

26 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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