26th Oct 2026 08:50
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: |
| 23 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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| 2,534,795 | 1.02% | 1,719,413 | 0.69% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,630,208 | 0.66% | 2,513,404 | 1.01% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,165,003 | 1.68% | 4,232,817 | 1.71% |
(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 | 912,555 | 4.4780 GBP | 4.3870 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | Sale | 199,640 | 4.4520 GBP | 4.3840 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 | Increasing Long | 100 | 4.4372 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,000 | 4.4043 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,566 | 4.4436 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,395 | 4.4317 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 575 | 4.4385 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 182 | 4.4312 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,842 | 4.4330 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,479 | 4.4400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 136 | 4.4620 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 5,355 | 4.4397 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,400 | 4.4290 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 637 | 4.4401 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 9,769 | 4.4120 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 139,796 | 4.4431 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,625 | 4.4341 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 160 | 4.4341 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,000 | 4.4684 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,930 | 4.4482 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 262,500 | 4.4344 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 87,500 | 4.4344 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 423 | 4.4099 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 333 | 4.4286 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 231 | 4.4401 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 451 | 4.4508 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 200,000 | 4.4431 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,094 | 4.4318 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 32 | 4.4318 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,621 | 4.4275 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30 | 4.4952 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,740 | 4.4400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 60,204 | 4.4303 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,570 | 4.4259 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 649 | 4.4359 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 438 | 4.3870 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26,066 | 4.4360 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,346 | 4.4400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,783 | 4.4179 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,142 | 4.4404 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,865 | 4.4274 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,862 | 4.4328 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 479 | 4.4340 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,089 | 4.4221 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,596 | 4.4212 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,194 | 4.4300 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,068 | 4.4296 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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(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: | 26 Oct 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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