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

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15/10/2025 11:15

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RNS Number : 5076D  Barclays PLC  15 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:                                                        14 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:                                                        4,209,613           4.23%            617,434                 0.62%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        581,257             0.58%            4,161,362               4.19%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    4,790,870           4.82%            4,778,796               4.81%
 (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                                99,597                               40.9858  GBP            40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    106,082                              40.9800  GBP            40.9000  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                     2,095                   40.9433  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     12,401                  40.9222  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,441                   40.9224  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     25,474                  40.9236  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,554                   40.9241  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,554                   40.9260  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,178                   40.9266  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     722                     40.9282  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     162                     40.9303  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,300                   40.9339  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,349                   40.9392  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,509                   40.9394  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     61                      40.9400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,867                   40.9402  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,146                   40.9411  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     27                      40.9513  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,090                   40.9527  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,138                   40.9603  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,801                   40.9649  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,452                   40.9660  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     119                     40.9719  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     307                     40.9737  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,136                   40.9800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3                       40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     980                     40.9214  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,400                   40.9281  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,457                   40.9319  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     181                     40.9361  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8                       40.9362  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,071                   40.9391  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     200                     40.9400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,878                   40.9418  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,266                   40.9428  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10                      40.9432  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,655                   40.9469  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,201                   40.9481  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     62                      40.9500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     15,552                  40.9501  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     410                     40.9539  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,079                   40.9592  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     521                     40.9673  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     195                     40.9730  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     26,633                  40.9800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,617                   40.9858  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     254                     40.9707  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     274                     40.9264  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:                                                                        15 Oct 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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