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

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24/09/2025 11:00

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RNS Number : 6366A  Barclays PLC  24 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:                                                        23 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:                                                        3,520,753           3.54%            245,648                 0.25%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        209,265             0.21%            3,480,650               3.50%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    3,730,018           3.75%            3,726,298               3.75%
 (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                                471,641                              40.9200  GBP            40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    80,121                               40.9200  GBP            40.8600  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                     3,678                   40.8820  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     21,672                  40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,619                   40.8644  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     554                     40.8651  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     690                     40.8789  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,829                   40.8795  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     37                      40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     25                      40.8832  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     596                     40.8905  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     44                      40.9068  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     19                      40.9168  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     89                      40.9259  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,250                   40.9261  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,207                   40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,965                   40.8603  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,140                   40.8604  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,248                   40.8633  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,581                   40.8697  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     310                     40.8713  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,283                   40.8764  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,762                   40.8781  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,147                   40.8792  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,241                   40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     80,000                  40.8804  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,669                   40.8829  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  40.8832  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,761                   40.8845  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,673                   40.8891  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,392                   40.8894  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,162                   40.8906  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     24,795                  40.8916  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,601                   40.8917  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,132                   40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,741                   40.9012  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     450                     40.9057  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,250                   40.9261  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     231,373                 40.8681  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:                                                                        24 Sep 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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