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

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18/08/2025 11:45

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RNS Number : 7369V  Barclays PLC  18 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:                                                        15 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:                                                        2,745,576           2.76%            453,608                 0.46%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        231,686             0.23%            2,534,551               2.55%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    2,977,262           3.00%            2,988,159               3.01%
 (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                                155,118                              40.3200  GBP            40.2857  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    98,764                               40.3203  GBP            40.2800  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                     11,577                  40.2800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,772                   40.2808  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,389                   40.2837  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,895                   40.2850  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,157                   40.2862  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,466                   40.2870  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,017                   40.2951  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     207                     40.2959  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     206                     40.2988  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     123                     40.2993  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     303                     40.3004  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     55                      40.3025  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     100                     40.3102  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     200                     40.3130  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     75                      40.3136  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     24                      40.3141  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,774                   40.3173  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4                       40.3193  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,514                   40.3198  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     49                      40.2930  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     24                      40.2932  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,785                   40.2940  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     439                     40.2945  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     422                     40.2970  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,016                   40.2976  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9,702                   40.3000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     123                     40.3006  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     26                      40.3032  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,466                   40.3036  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     64                      40.3037  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     573                     40.3069  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,489                   40.3140  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     212                     40.3162  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     31,546                  40.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,855                   40.3201  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     16,900                  40.3296  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     3,708                   40.2879  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     23,044                  40.2888  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     886                     40.2900  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     17                      40.2905  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     52,429                  40.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     9,281                   40.2857  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     13,413                  40.2934  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     739                     40.3000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     18,071                  40.3012  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     431                     40.3057  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     56,651                  40.3200  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:                                                                        18 Aug 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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