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RNS Number : 3277R  Barclays PLC  16 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:                                                        15 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:                                                        1,836,615           1.85%            799,931                 0.81%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        636,854             0.64%            1,642,099               1.65%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    2,473,469           2.49%            2,442,030               2.46%
 (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                                190,369                              39.8600  GBP            39.7500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    135,393                              39.8440  GBP            39.7562  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                     1,803                   39.7586  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     360                     39.7594  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     32,444                  39.7600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,065                   39.7633  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     330                     39.7662  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     24                      39.7700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     289                     39.7736  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,995                   39.7769  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5                       39.7800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     67                      39.7811  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,135                   39.7825  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,456                   39.7845  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     19                      39.7926  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     294                     39.8002  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,361                   39.8004  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,735                   39.8115  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,552                   39.8130  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     368                     39.8131  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     60                      39.8200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3                       39.8400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,085                  39.7600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,803                   39.7619  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,381                   39.7635  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     458                     39.7683  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,629                   39.7718  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,266                   39.7755  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     75                      39.7760  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,665                   39.7764  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,166                   39.7785  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     48                      39.7800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     256                     39.7806  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,116                   39.7835  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     531                     39.7898  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     160                     39.7955  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,624                   39.7995  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8                       39.8050  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     18,155                  39.8062  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,381                   39.8085  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     486                     39.8093  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,878                   39.8094  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,291                   39.8151  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,973                   39.8156  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,533                   39.8166  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,063                   39.8253  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,651                  39.8274  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     605                     39.8285  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,857                   39.8295  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      1,357                   39.7576  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      9,549                   39.7579  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      25,976                  39.7600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      6,052                   39.8175  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      11,000                  39.8260  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      45                      39.8268  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      283                     39.7500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      23,769                  39.7600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      510                     39.7788  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      5,911                   39.7852  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      16                      39.8037  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      23,355                  39.8128  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      151                     39.8278  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:                                                                        16 Jul 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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