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:

01 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:

2,826,808

1.65%

447,334

0.26%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

404,267

0.24%

2,767,538

1.61%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,231,075

1.89%

3,214,872

1.88%

(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

136,921

8.1445 GBP

8.0387 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

Sale

208,741

8.1333 GBP

8.0175 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

2,100

8.0459 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,700

8.1208 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

685

8.0820 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

625

8.0840 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

419

8.0817 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29

8.0445 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

8.0500 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,412

8.0716 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

335

8.0623 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,870

8.0500 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

184

8.0500 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,338

8.0495 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

6,136

8.0504 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,000

8.0879 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

129,011

8.0950 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,441

8.0878 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

11

8.0500 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,000

8.1099 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

910

8.1400 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

89

8.0566 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,037

8.0697 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,363

8.0801 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,237

8.0821 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,949

8.0711 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,554

8.0715 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,330

8.0502 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

241

8.0729 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

800

8.0382 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,667

8.0500 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

313

8.0632 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,000

8.0580 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,271

8.1445 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,911

8.0836 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

547

8.1010 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

134

8.0600 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

6,377

8.0674 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

2,998

8.0674 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

508

8.0501 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

212

8.0175 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

8.0716 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,276

8.1226 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,338

8.0500 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,311

8.0730 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Closing Short

1,867

8.1333 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

2,621

8.1333 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,236

8.0653 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,254

8.0500 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,948

8.0880 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Closing Long

2,621

8.0700 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

3,097

8.0700 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,367

8.0574 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,045

8.1366 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:

02 Jun 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213