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RNS Number : 1994Q  Barclays PLC  08 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:                                                        07 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:                                                        1,566,483           1.58%            1,125,636               1.13%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        915,113             0.92%            1,353,098               1.36%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    2,481,596           2.50%            2,478,734               2.50%
 (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                                219,576                              40.1833  GBP            39.8000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    209,504                              40.2123  GBP            39.7984  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                                    Increasing Long                      6,842                   39.7984  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      22,100                  39.8000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      145                     39.8475  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      985                     39.8720  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      7                       39.8914  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      2,336                   39.9138  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      4,112                   39.9157  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,100                   39.9442  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,522                   39.9452  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      26                      39.9523  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,806                   39.9546  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      293                     39.9561  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,835                   39.9986  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      50                      40.0000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      697                     40.0459  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      6,007                   40.0500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      933                     40.0550  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,607                   40.0555  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      349                     40.0562  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      721                     40.0705  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      528                     40.1052  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,029                   40.1112  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      8,990                   39.8000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      7,161                   39.8145  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,552                   39.8341  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      10,000                  39.8464  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      4,157                   39.8563  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,440                   39.9479  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      4,437                   39.9576  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      106                     39.9600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      960                     39.9679  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      2,196                   39.9815  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      37                      39.9967  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      2,666                   40.0192  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      4,646                   40.0835  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,662                   40.0840  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      655                     40.1011  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1                       40.1203  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      7,104                   40.1360  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      8,039                   40.1408  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      2,400                   40.1490  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      9                       40.1533  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      12,896                  40.1580  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      563                     40.1833  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1                       40.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     7,224                   39.9992  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:                                                                        08 Jul 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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