REG - Barclays PLC Bodycote PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI BODYCOTE PLC
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RNS Number : 6976G Barclays PLC 02 June 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: 01 Jun 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: 2,826,808 1.65% 447,334 0.26%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 404,267 0.24% 2,767,538 1.61%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 3,231,075 1.89% 3,214,872 1.88%
(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 136,921 8.1445 GBP 8.0387 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary Sale 208,741 8.1333 GBP 8.0175 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 Increasing Long 2,100 8.0459 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,700 8.1208 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 685 8.0820 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 625 8.0840 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 419 8.0817 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 29 8.0445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6 8.0500 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,412 8.0716 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 335 8.0623 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,870 8.0500 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 184 8.0500 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 2,338 8.0495 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Opening Short 6,136 8.0504 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,000 8.0879 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 129,011 8.0950 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 1,441 8.0878 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 11 8.0500 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 25,000 8.1099 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 910 8.1400 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 89 8.0566 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 2,037 8.0697 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,363 8.0801 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,237 8.0821 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,949 8.0711 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,554 8.0715 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,330 8.0502 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 241 8.0729 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 800 8.0382 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,667 8.0500 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 313 8.0632 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 23,000 8.0580 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,271 8.1445 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,911 8.0836 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 547 8.1010 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 134 8.0600 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Closing Short 6,377 8.0674 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Opening Long 2,998 8.0674 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 508 8.0501 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 212 8.0175 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,000 8.0716 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,276 8.1226 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,338 8.0500 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,311 8.0730 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Closing Short 1,867 8.1333 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Opening Long 2,621 8.1333 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,236 8.0653 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,254 8.0500 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,948 8.0880 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Closing Long 2,621 8.0700 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary CFD Opening Short 3,097 8.0700 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,367 8.0574 GBP
17 3/11p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,045 8.1366 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 Jun 2026
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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