REG - Barclays PLC Dowlais Group PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI DOWLAIS GROUP PLC Replacement

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RNS Number : 5159K  Barclays PLC  05 December 2025

 FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3032K
 published at 11:40 on 04/12/2025, changes made to section 2a and 3a.
 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                                                  DOWLAIS GROUP PLC
                  relevant securities this form relates:
 (c)              Name of the party to the offer with which exempt                                              DOWLAIS GROUP PLC
                  principal trader is connected
 (d)              Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                        03 Dec 2025
 (e)              In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal                             YES:
                  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                         AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING HOLDINGS, INC.
 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:                                                                1p ordinary
                                                                                            Interests                                      Short Positions
                                                                                            Number              (%)                        Number                     (%)
 (1)              Relevant securities owned
                  and/or controlled:                                                        33,932,888          2.58%                      744,524                    0.06%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        511,785             0.04%                      33,873,136                 2.57%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%                      0                          0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    34,444,673          2.62%                      34,617,660                 2.63%
 (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
 1p ordinary                                        Purchase                                1,191,147                                      0.8525  GBP                0.8415  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                    555,934                                        0.8522  GBP                0.8415  GBP

 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of                                           Product                                 Nature of dealing                              Number of                  Price per
 relevant                                           description                                                                            reference                  unit
 security                                                                                                                                  securities
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                               39,962                     0.8475  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                               6                          0.8483  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                               800                        0.8489  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                               15,742                     0.8494  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                               30,973                     0.8498  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               44,337                     0.8481  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               104,178                    0.8483  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               20,135                     0.8484  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               56,369                     0.8487  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               67,886                     0.8490  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               407,575                    0.8495  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               42,879                     0.8498  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               32,057                     0.8500  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               28,059                     0.8503  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                               1,530                      0.8510  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                               15,680                     0.8441  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Opening Long                                   186,314                    0.8494  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                                5,095                      0.8433  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Opening Short                                  32,889                     0.8469  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                               7,688                      0.8475  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                               3,515                      0.8494  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                               36,504                     0.8495  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:                                                                        04 Dec 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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