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

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29/09/2025 12:00

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RNS Number : 2323B  Barclays PLC  29 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:                                                        26 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:                                                        3,897,888           3.92%            425,643                 0.43%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        389,405             0.39%            3,857,782               3.88%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    4,287,293           4.31%            4,283,425               4.31%
 (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                                344,856                              40.9200  GBP            40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    260,483                              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                     700                     40.8571  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,006                   40.8579  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     21,476                  40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,441                   40.8702  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     149                     40.8793  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     102                     40.8811  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     12,560                  40.8815  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     714                     40.8829  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     37,684                  40.8853  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,847                   40.8856  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     60                      40.8893  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,203                   40.8899  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     162                     40.8914  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1                       40.8950  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,557                   40.8984  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,024                   40.9001  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     520                     40.9060  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     30                      40.9100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     104                     40.9150  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2                       40.9600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,141                   40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,027                   40.8620  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10,000                  40.8632  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     53                      40.8792  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     18,806                  40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     25                      40.8807  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     40                      40.8830  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,000                  40.8832  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     597                     40.8843  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,111                   40.8848  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     900                     40.8880  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,793                   40.8922  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     452                     40.8926  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     103                     40.8939  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     193                     40.8965  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,932                   40.8986  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,287                   40.9015  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     20,000                  40.9032  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     25,000                  40.9045  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     70,000                  40.9051  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,832                   40.9061  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,687                   40.9220  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     6,949                   40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     329                     40.8863  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:                                                                        29 Sep 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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