Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC Replacement

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 1486Z published at 11:37 on 15/10/2026, changes made to section 2A,3B

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 relevant securities this form relates:

BODYCOTE PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

BODYCOTE PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

14 Oct 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

6,741,917

3.96%

259,474

0.15%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

197,425

0.12%

6,727,300

3.95%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

  TOTAL:

6,939,342

4.08%

6,986,774

4.11%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

17 3/11p ordinary

Purchase

89100

9.1050 GBP

9.0981 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

Sale

87424

9.1050 GBP

9.1000 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,400

9.1006 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

78

9.1092 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

44

9.1092 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,301

9.1046 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

288

9.1028 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,900

9.0993 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36

9.1001 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

900

9.1042 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,157

9.1044 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,302

9.1022 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

375

9.1081 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

105

9.1091 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

73

9.1041 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,155

9.1015 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,837

9.1050 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,707

9.1025 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,274

9.1000 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

994

9.1022 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

90

9.1025 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34

9.1025 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,478

9.1050 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

29-Oct-26

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213