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

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RNS Number : 8418A  Barclays PLC  25 September 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:                                                        24 Sep 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:                                                        3,815,517           3.84%            422,584                 0.43%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        386,201             0.39%            3,775,414               3.80%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    4,201,718           4.23%            4,197,998               4.22%
 (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                                599,584                              40.9171  GBP            40.8084  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    481,756                              40.8800  GBP            40.8200  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                     3,684                   40.8460  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     872                     40.8218  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,788                   40.8295  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     310                     40.8329  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     12,611                  40.8379  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     37,007                  40.8400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,240                   40.8419  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,464                   40.8432  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,267                   40.8434  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,148                   40.8527  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     15,187                  40.8550  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,332                   40.8598  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     174,114                 40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,339                   40.8634  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     44                      40.8654  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     632                     40.8672  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     21                      40.8685  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     765                     40.8793  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     252                     40.8084  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,148                   40.8200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,000                  40.8232  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     406                     40.8332  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,104                   40.8400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,273                   40.8418  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  40.8432  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,651                   40.8512  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     547                     40.8533  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     255                     40.8560  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     40                      40.8601  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,288                  40.8604  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     145,218                 40.8634  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     265                     40.8677  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  40.8694  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,156                  40.8716  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     38,844                  40.8722  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,000                  40.8804  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     313                     40.8820  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,131                   40.8825  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     545                     40.8839  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13,239                  40.8845  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,875                   40.8934  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     30,000                  40.8945  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,326                   40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,410                   40.9001  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     11                      40.8636  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     38,356                  40.8681  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:                                                                        25 Sep 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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