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

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13/10/2025 10:45

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RNS Number : 1107D  Barclays PLC  13 October 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:                                                        10 Oct 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:                                                        4,228,182           4.25%            612,250                 0.62%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        576,083             0.58%            4,187,056               4.21%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    4,804,265           4.83%            4,799,306               4.83%
 (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                                184,077                              40.9200  GBP            40.8400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    166,181                              40.9118  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                     1,405                   40.8614  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,457                  40.8695  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     716                     40.8706  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,070                   40.8709  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     660                     40.8738  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,426                   40.8788  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     125                     40.8796  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     609                     40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     118                     40.8900  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,095                   40.8908  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     62,586                  40.8913  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     20                      40.8920  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     805                     40.8971  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     38                      40.8978  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,747                   40.8979  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,485                   40.8999  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     21,449                  40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     399                     40.9046  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     32,312                  40.9077  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     619                     40.9118  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,934                   40.8632  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     84                      40.8731  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     825                     40.8733  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,000                   40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10                      40.8832  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     58,892                  40.8836  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,718                   40.8865  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     375                     40.8912  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     26                      40.8940  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,502                   40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     84,297                  40.9004  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,374                   40.9020  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     211                     40.9045  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     450                     40.9061  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,634                   40.9063  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     449                     40.9193  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     276                     40.9196  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:                                                                        13 Oct 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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