Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC

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:

02 Sep 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:

3,785,092

2.22%

245,813

0.14%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

188,459

0.11%

3,694,413

2.17%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,973,551

2.33%

3,940,226

2.32%

(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

670,129

9.5650 GBP

9.5200 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

Sale

675,330

9.5600 GBP

9.5200 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

10,700

9.5421 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

600

9.5451 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

341

9.5423 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

9.5431 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24

9.5409 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,591

9.5428 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

26,260

9.5429 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,062

9.5599 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

213

9.5453 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,860

9.5595 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,200

9.5515 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

125,052

9.5450 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

513

9.5577 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,121

9.5498 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

694

9.5601 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,442

9.5468 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,134

9.5619 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

86

9.5618 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

1,564

9.5442 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

462

9.5441 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,075

9.5442 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

1,394

9.5441 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,102

9.5619 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,470

9.5417 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,364

9.5396 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

21,609

9.5433 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

78,391

9.5433 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,700

9.5509 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70,458

9.5450 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,991

9.5544 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

75,246

9.5506 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

712

9.5506 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

9,085

9.5506 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

143

9.5600 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,121

9.5600 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,336

9.5487 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,670

9.5429 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,612

9.5450 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,786

9.5491 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,736

9.5409 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,337

9.5477 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

52,941

9.5600 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

36,771

9.5600 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,543

9.5487 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,794

9.5367 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,780

9.5600 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

21,217

9.5427 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

936

9.5382 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,506

9.5407 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,589

9.5431 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:

03 Sep 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213