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

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22/09/2025 11:15

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RNS Number : 2522A  Barclays PLC  22 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:                                                        19 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:                                                        3,042,307           3.06%            250,334                 0.25%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        213,286             0.21%            3,001,960               3.02%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    3,255,593           3.28%            3,252,294               3.27%
 (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                                425,644                              40.9580  GBP            40.8000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    209,556                              40.9200  GBP            40.8200  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                     3,535                   40.8837  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,762                   40.8484  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,412                   40.8488  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,133                   40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,713                   40.8634  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,554                   40.8705  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     400                     40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,453                   40.8830  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     859                     40.8993  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,489                   40.9141  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,714                   40.9174  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     26,741                  40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     834                     40.8063  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5                       40.8280  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3                       40.8400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     327                     40.8416  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     45,171                  40.8422  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,974                   40.8536  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,137                   40.8548  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     741                     40.8565  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,980                   40.8652  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,667                  40.8694  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     658                     40.8698  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,401                  40.8700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     48,339                  40.8701  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,251                   40.8729  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     85                      40.8742  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,000                   40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     202                     40.8806  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,186                   40.8809  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,397                   40.8810  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     59,913                  40.8837  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     547                     40.8854  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,002                   40.8907  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,826                   40.8942  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,977                   40.8951  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,454                  40.9056  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     197                     40.9088  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     26,806                  40.9198  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9,393                   40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,230                   40.9201  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     449                     40.8750  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     66,240                  40.8281  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     605                     40.8436  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:                                                                        22 Sep 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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