Bodycote Regulatory News (BOY)

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:

04 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:

2,915,841

1.70%

506,376

0.30%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

423,644

0.25%

2,824,321

1.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,339,485

1.95%

3,330,697

1.94%

(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

551,483

8.2975 GBP

8.1675 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

Sale

548,859

8.2975 GBP

8.1675 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

200

8.2868 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

54

8.1899 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

917

8.2343 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

251

8.2505 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

146

8.2586 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

232

8.2298 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

330

8.1844 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,168

8.2300 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

649

8.2434 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

900

8.2562 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

316

8.2600 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,245

8.2652 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

473

8.2297 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

813

8.2553 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

1,452

8.2149 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

937

8.1729 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,951

8.2420 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,475

8.2365 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

659

8.2501 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

162

8.2300 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

446

8.2300 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

423

8.1937 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

34

8.2301 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,316

8.2681 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,261

8.2536 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

785

8.2300 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

83

8.2750 GBP

17 3/11p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,926

8.2604 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:

05 Jun 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213