Barclays PLC — M&A Activity 2026

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Barclays PLC

25 May 2026

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				BODYCOTE PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				BODYCOTE PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				22 May 2026
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				17 3/11p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			2,656,683	1.55%	488,384	0.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			451,828	0.26%	2,602,510	1.52%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,108,511	1.81%	3,090,894	1.80%
(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
17 3/11p ordinary		Purchase		465,619		8.3150  GBP	7.0984  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		Sale		488,646		8.3150  GBP	7.0950  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		5	7.0950  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,200	7.1573  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1	7.5349  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		521	7.5492  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,142	7.7962  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,848	7.7983  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,193	7.8730  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,540	8.0706  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,964	8.0870  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,480	8.1059  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		36,607	8.1104  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11,365	8.1158  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,493	8.1238  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,933	8.1452  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		58	8.1856  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		65	8.1922  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,172	8.1987  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,000	8.2117  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,700	8.2134  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,828	8.2183  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,334	8.2342  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		437	8.2381  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,370	8.2397  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		215	8.3021  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,949	8.3141  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,046	8.3150  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		281	7.1105  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		759	7.5443  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,371	7.5476  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,418	7.6643  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,997	7.8887  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		358	7.9156  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		404	7.9631  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,198	7.9934  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,962	8.0905  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,895	8.1416  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,250	8.1486  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1	8.1550  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,998	8.1737  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,785	8.1751  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,347	8.2199  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,714	8.2369  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,882	8.2713  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		349	8.2744  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,542	8.2878  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		969	8.3150  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		8,615	7.5658  GBP
17 3/11p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		2,330	8.3152  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:				25 May 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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