Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - Bodycote Plc

26th May 2026 11:09

Man Group PLC : Form 8.3 - Bodycote Plc

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORERule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Man Group PLC
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Bodycote plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	22/05/26
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?	NO

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(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:
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	3,028,878.00	1.76	11,524.00	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	3,028,878.00	1.76	11,524.00	0.00

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee 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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product descriptione.g. CFD	Nature of dealinge.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	3,804	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	4,841	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	91	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2,335	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2,957	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	6,658	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	42,729	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	815	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	10,449	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	58,765	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	20,620	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	33,583	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	311	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,765	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	619	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	24	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,284	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,009	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,481	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	118	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	45	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	9	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2,414	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	491	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	385	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,896	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	3,320	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	676	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,164	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	236	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	8,250	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	113	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	3,769	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2,895	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	5,998	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	4,714	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	3,078	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,484	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	2,418	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	58	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,890	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	4,232	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	271	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	134	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	385	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	774	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	442	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	219	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	349	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	68	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	10	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	5	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	279	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	563	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	15,955	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	20,300	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	9,796	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	387	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	12,253	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	27,918	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	924	8.1697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	446	8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	726	8.2363 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	1,271	8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	557	8.2672 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary	Equity Swap	Increasing a long position	17	8.2672 GBP

(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Typee.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product descriptione.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealinge.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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 person 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 person 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 or 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:	26/05/26
Contact name:	Molly Childs
Telephone number:	+44 20 7144 3714

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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