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

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28/01/2026 11:00

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RNS Number : 7373Q  Barclays PLC  28 January 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                                                  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:                                                        27 Jan 2026
 (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?                         DAUCH CORPORATION
 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:                                                        50,850,593          3.86%            1,456,442               0.11%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        412,663             0.03%            50,325,153              3.82%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    51,263,256          3.89%            51,781,595              3.93%
 (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                                17,948,329                           0.9542  GBP             0.9250  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        Sale                                    3,358,775                            0.9515  GBP             0.9250  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                                    Increasing Long                      11,646                  0.9391  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     588                     0.9249  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     29,032                  0.9287  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,032,756               0.9294  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     66,731                  0.9300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     55,667                  0.9307  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,167                   0.9335  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     120,798                 0.9358  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,540                   0.9441  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     139,108                 0.9470  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     24,113                  0.9479  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,272                  0.9480  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     21,461                  0.9267  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16,266,342              0.9300  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     18,308                  0.9342  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     24,864                  0.9366  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16,273                  0.9395  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     92,048                  0.9400  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     106,480                 0.9409  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     104,623                 0.9428  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,020                   0.9450  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,452                   0.9455  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     47,230                  0.9479  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     147,366                 0.9480  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     42,841                  0.9514  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,105                   0.9542  USD
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     18,799                  0.9479  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     30,363                  0.9332  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     20                      0.9390  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     1,990                   0.9415  GBP
 1p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     154,878                 0.9479  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:                                                                        28 Jan 2026
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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