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:

12 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:

4,489,310

2.64%

357,445

0.21%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

306,894

0.18%

4,451,773

2.62%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,796,204

2.82%

4,809,218

2.83%

(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

239,453

9.1548 GBP

9.0881 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

Sale

269,383

9.1298 GBP

9.0890 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

Decreasing Short

499

9.1232 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

9.0993 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,981

9.1101 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

737

9.1215 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

574

9.1194 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

441

9.1194 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

62

9.1099 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50

9.1197 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,556

9.1215 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,717

9.0900 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,810

9.0901 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,926

9.0895 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

47

9.1129 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,400

9.1208 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

495

9.0902 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,242

9.1042 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

65

9.0898 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,617

9.1211 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,455

9.0900 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,511

9.0890 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,026

9.1092 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

1,067

9.1092 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

9.0900 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

550

9.1153 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

181

9.0901 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

922

9.1145 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

800

9.0893 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

997

9.1028 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

96

9.0898 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,497

9.1196 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

73,441

9.0900 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

290

9.1148 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

997

9.1050 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

5,860

9.0942 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

7,370

9.0942 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,771

9.0900 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

42

9.1206 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,669

9.1244 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

300

9.1200 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,751

9.0895 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

285

9.1150 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54

9.1298 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,113

9.0954 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

323

9.1250 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

9,121

9.0900 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

7,817

9.0900 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

361

9.1100 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

758

9.1128 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:

13 Aug 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213