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RNS Number : 0160N  Barclays PLC  16 June 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                                              ADVENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
                  principal trader is connected
 (d)              Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                        13 Jun 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:                                                        882,598             0.89%            743,325                 0.75%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        543,588             0.55%            647,248                 0.65%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    1,426,186           1.44%            1,390,573               1.40%
 (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                                229,919                              31.9600  GBP            31.5600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    257,378                              31.9099  GBP            31.5800  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                      621                     31.5784  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,444                   31.5800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,843                   31.5864  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,874                   31.5987  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      343                     31.6092  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      3,863                   31.6235  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      590                     31.6376  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      903                     31.6603  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      18,893                  31.6802  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      17                      31.6917  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      7,133                   31.6918  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      574                     31.6922  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,818                   31.7189  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      53                      31.7195  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      7                       31.7200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      3,271                   31.7212  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,215                   31.7217  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      4,679                   31.7281  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      35,054                  31.7494  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      293                     31.7574  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,176                   31.7623  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      925                     31.7644  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      643                     31.7670  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,946                   31.7683  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      727                     31.7685  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      9,344                   31.7742  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      2,098                   31.7744  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      28                      31.7800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      142                     31.7839  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      3,784                   31.7865  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      96                      31.8218  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1                       31.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      590                     31.8736  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      52                      31.8750  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      5,503                   31.5800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      2,229                   31.5814  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,379                   31.5857  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      124                     31.5872  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      5,964                   31.6083  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      364                     31.6157  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      29                      31.6202  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,339                   31.6298  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      41                      31.6400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      960                     31.6597  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      183                     31.6603  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      4,745                   31.6644  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      14,449                  31.6652  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      2,034                   31.6655  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,299                   31.6703  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      163                     31.6896  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      356                     31.6923  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      485                     31.7055  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      4,979                   31.7093  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      6,332                   31.7308  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      461                     31.7547  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,288                   31.7762  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      33,549                  31.8552  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      318                     31.8555  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      960                     31.9042  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1                       31.9600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      3,268                   32.3721  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     6,081                   31.5800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     116                     31.6200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     175                     31.6409  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     1,464                   31.6741  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     2,584                   31.7753  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     159                     31.7847  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     1                       31.6200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     8,000                   31.6774  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     879                     31.7400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     52                      31.7800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     2,694                   31.8405  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 Jun 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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