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

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01/08/2025 11:45

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RNS Number : 6498T  Barclays PLC  01 August 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:                                                        31 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:                                                        3,143,467           3.16%            460,654                 0.46%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        256,519             0.26%            2,930,429               2.95%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    3,399,986           3.42%            3,391,083               3.41%
 (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                                223,683                              40.0000  GBP            39.8472  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    148,826                              40.0000  GBP            39.8448  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                     1,646                   39.8532  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,287                   39.8546  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     623                     39.8594  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,017                   39.8654  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     403                     39.8708  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     180                     39.8786  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     87                      39.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,568                   39.8802  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     264                     39.8850  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     78                      39.8887  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     263                     39.8914  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     12                      39.8916  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     358                     39.8932  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     64                      39.8937  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     855                     39.8946  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,897                   39.8960  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,522                   39.8984  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     487                     39.8986  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,293                   39.8994  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     13,148                  39.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     754                     39.9114  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     67                      39.9370  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9                       39.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,029                   39.8687  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     51                      39.8700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  39.8719  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,729                   39.8720  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,335                   39.8736  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     889                     39.8765  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     96                      39.8794  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4                       39.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     413                     39.8806  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     320                     39.8807  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,837                   39.8811  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     260                     39.8826  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     66                      39.8842  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     400                     39.8853  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,325                   39.8858  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,609                   39.8859  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,382                   39.8879  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13,594                  39.8914  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,627                   39.8929  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     674                     39.8937  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     44                      39.8964  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     216                     39.8972  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,081                   39.8997  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     33,945                  39.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     321                     39.9005  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     259                     39.9022  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     942                     39.9027  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     511                     39.9042  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     180                     39.9400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     48                      40.0000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     157                     39.8775  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     17,900                  39.8798  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     674                     39.9062  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     62                      39.9087  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     2,503                   39.8472  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     5,550                   39.8657  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     22,564                  39.8668  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     653                     39.8848  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:                                                                        01 Aug 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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