REG - Barclays PLC Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

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31/07/2025 11:45

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RNS Number : 4287T  Barclays PLC  31 July 2025

 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                                                  SPECTRIS PLC
                  relevant securities this form relates:
 (c)              Name of the party to the offer with which exempt                                              SPECTRIS PLC
                  principal trader is connected
 (d)              Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                        30 Jul 2025
 (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:                                                                5p ordinary
                                                                                            Interests                            Short Positions
                                                                                            Number              (%)              Number                  (%)
 (1)              Relevant securities owned
                  and/or controlled:                                                        3,076,920           3.10%            468,964                 0.47%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        264,829             0.27%            2,863,939               2.88%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    3,341,749           3.36%            3,332,903               3.36%
 (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
 5p ordinary                                        Purchase                                164,637                              39.9200  GBP            39.8300  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    153,997                              39.9270  GBP            39.8400  GBP

 (b)              Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of                                           Product                                 Nature of dealing                    Number of               Price per
 relevant                                           description                                                                  reference               unit
 security                                                                                                                        securities
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,545                   39.8429  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,129                   39.8431  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     678                     39.8491  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,496                   39.8504  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7                       39.8514  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,077                   39.8517  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     13                      39.8563  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     375                     39.8573  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     14                      39.8585  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,648                   39.8592  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     92                      39.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,494                   39.8614  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     671                     39.8617  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     694                     39.8640  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,417                   39.8681  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     93                      39.8733  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     161                     39.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     908                     39.8917  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,537                   39.8939  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     471                     39.8941  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     56                      39.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,310                   39.9185  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1                       39.9194  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,621                   39.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3                       39.8000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12                      39.8400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     997                     39.8424  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     65                      39.8508  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     872                     39.8550  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,864                   39.8555  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,400                   39.8579  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     114                     39.8581  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     514                     39.8584  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     593                     39.8591  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     370                     39.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13                      39.8615  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     889                     39.8617  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,006                   39.8653  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     57                      39.8662  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     113                     39.8689  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     51                      39.8700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,783                   39.8778  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,347                   39.8781  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     118                     39.8783  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     19                      39.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,400                   39.8878  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     215                     39.8905  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     446                     39.8949  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,609                   39.8968  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,944                   39.9025  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,958                   39.9029  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     412                     39.9043  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,696                   39.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     275                     39.8576  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     1,108                   39.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     55,113                  39.8646  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     10,939                  39.8798  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     5,749                   39.8436  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     5,237                   39.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     51,445                  39.8622  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     52                      39.8836  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     253                     39.9119  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:                                                                        31 Jul 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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