Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI VESUVIUS 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

VESUVIUS PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

RHI MAGNESITA N.V.

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

05 Oct 2026

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

YES:

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

RHI MAGNESITA N.V.

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:

10p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

2,337,305

0.94%

1,599,759

0.64%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

1,525,542

0.61%

2,323,802

0.94%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,862,847

1.56%

3,923,561

1.58%

(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

10p ordinary

Purchase

50,149

4.5100 GBP

4.4380 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

76,232

4.5100 GBP

4.4420 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,100

4.4968 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

484

4.4968 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

171

4.4606 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,437

4.4871 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,379

4.4420 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,169

4.4420 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,421

4.4417 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

121

4.4760 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,068

4.4711 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

2,394

4.4622 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

375

4.4633 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,982

4.4570 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

247

4.4580 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

414

4.4710 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,112

4.4420 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,604

4.4668 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,031

4.4543 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

385

4.5066 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84

4.4862 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,219

4.4420 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,438

4.4420 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

149

4.5020 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

78

4.4600 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

180

4.4580 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,561

4.4807 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

530

4.4800 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,567

4.4420 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,071

4.4820 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

423

4.4650 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,197

4.4615 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

231

4.4879 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

48

4.4880 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

195

4.4846 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

271

4.4660 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

607

4.4670 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

277

4.4890 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,631

4.4680 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,152

4.4752 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:

06 Oct 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213