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

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RNS Number : 5400Z  Barclays PLC  16 September 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 Sep 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:                                                        2,732,755           2.75%            279,757                 0.28%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        250,116             0.25%            2,666,236               2.68%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    2,982,871           3.00%            2,945,993               2.96%
 (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                                67,541                               40.9203  GBP            40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    106,136                              40.9200  GBP            40.8792  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                     3,562                   40.9080  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     42                      40.8793  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     47                      40.8808  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     482                     40.8923  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,740                   40.8977  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,623                   40.8988  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,274                   40.8990  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     440                     40.8996  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,490                   40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,307                   40.9034  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,836                   40.9045  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,261                   40.9070  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     584                     40.9116  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     135                     40.9155  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     287                     40.9179  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     623                     40.9188  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     330                     40.9193  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,361                   40.9196  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     34,457                  40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1                       40.8200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     80                      40.8935  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     969                     40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     600                     40.9004  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     63                      40.9011  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     445                     40.9030  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,784                   40.9042  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,038                   40.9061  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,030                   40.9077  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     156                     40.9091  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,836                   40.9122  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,624                   40.9133  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  40.9143  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,098                   40.9176  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     264                     40.9188  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,353                   40.9191  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     121                     40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     41                      40.9203  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     232                     40.9112  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 Sep 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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