2nd Oct 2026 10:50
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: |
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(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | RHI MAGNESITA N.V. | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 01 Oct 2026 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | YES: |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | RHI MAGNESITA N.V. |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 10p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 2,402,851 | 0.97% | 1,600,059 | 0.64% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,527,713 | 0.62% | 2,391,222 | 0.96% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 3,930,564 | 1.58% | 3,991,281 | 1.61% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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10p ordinary | Purchase | 337,370 | 4.7580 GBP | 4.5670 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | Sale | 190,155 | 4.7081 GBP | 4.5680 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 700 | 4.6659 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 600 | 4.6680 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 749 | 4.6899 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 515 | 4.6853 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 144 | 4.6927 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 675 | 4.6755 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,278 | 4.6866 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,676 | 4.5680 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,813 | 4.5697 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,134 | 4.5682 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,000 | 4.6607 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 40,131 | 4.7012 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,841 | 4.5684 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,343 | 4.6419 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,647 | 4.6614 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,519 | 4.5966 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,676 | 4.5680 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,802 | 4.5680 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,061 | 4.6874 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 102 | 4.6720 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 309 | 4.6747 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,653 | 4.5684 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 21,501 | 4.6117 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 52,473 | 4.6979 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 924 | 4.6781 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 4.6700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,908 | 4.6459 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 207 | 4.6720 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 508 | 4.6657 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,956 | 4.6581 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 118 | 4.6780 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 98,948 | 4.6872 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,853 | 4.6249 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 315 | 4.6690 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,936 | 4.5680 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,863 | 4.6820 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,434 | 4.6219 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 791 | 4.6356 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,394 | 4.6460 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,712 | 4.6463 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,494 | 4.6803 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 238 | 4.6860 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,851 | 4.6844 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,376 | 4.6670 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,379 | 4.7016 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 02 Oct 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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