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

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29/08/2025 11:45

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RNS Number : 2557X  Barclays PLC  29 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:                                                        28 Aug 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:                                                        3,116,371           3.14%            383,266                 0.39%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        174,085             0.18%            2,904,271               2.92%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    3,290,456           3.31%            3,287,537               3.31%
 (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                                355,078                              40.4600  GBP            40.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    206,574                              40.4400  GBP            40.4000  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                     7,175                   40.3979  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,598                  40.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,604                   40.4005  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     394                     40.4030  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,355                   40.4054  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     590                     40.4089  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     581                     40.4100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     799                     40.4129  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     117                     40.4170  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     199                     40.4198  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     33,729                  40.4000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4                       40.4001  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,691                   40.4020  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,831                   40.4040  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     349                     40.4089  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,057                   40.4100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     393                     40.4107  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     804                     40.4112  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     25,117                  40.4121  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,585                   40.4134  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     908                     40.4169  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     728                     40.4176  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     40,000                  40.4202  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,658                   40.4213  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     952                     40.4216  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,000                  40.4282  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,545                   40.4323  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,392                   40.4339  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,078                   40.4360  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     374                     40.4394  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     25,000                  40.4402  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,102                   40.4499  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     210                     40.4034  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:                                                                        29 Aug 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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