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:

30 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:

1,472,204

0.59%

2,583,369

1.04%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

2,486,928

1.00%

1,446,265

0.58%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,959,132

1.60%

4,029,634

1.62%

(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

117,657

4.7354 GBP

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

472,338

4.7320 GBP

4.7037 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

1,600

4.7150 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,300

4.6976 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,210

4.7116 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

365

4.7160 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

103

4.7046 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80

4.7256 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

609

4.7161 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28,945

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

130,723

4.7140 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,759

4.7072 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,198

4.7056 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,500

4.7685 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

69,900

4.7140 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,775

4.7145 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

206

4.7183 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

7,208

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

17,459

4.7081 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,526

4.7125 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,929

4.7091 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

124

4.7091 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

32

4.7193 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

6,809

4.7109 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

129

4.7059 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

4.7039 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55

4.7260 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7

4.7760 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,735

4.7179 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,102

4.7133 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,350

4.7129 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1

4.7140 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,521

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

337

4.7218 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,062

4.7045 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

4.7039 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,868

4.7073 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,147

4.7057 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,750

4.7069 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,049

4.7076 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

534

4.7220 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

221

4.7136 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,397

4.7216 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,270

4.7201 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

314

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,511

4.7197 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

12,332

4.7221 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

256

4.7354 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

138

4.7260 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,518

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,550

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,073

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

150

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,753

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

675

4.7160 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,446

4.7045 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,293

4.7104 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,261

4.7060 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

89

4.7160 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,131

4.7176 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,962

4.7232 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 Nov 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213