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

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16/10/2025 10:30

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RNS Number : 6719D  Barclays PLC  16 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:                                                        15 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:                                                        4,237,670           4.26%            617,634                 0.62%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        581,457             0.58%            4,186,676               4.21%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    4,819,127           4.85%            4,804,310               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                                89,874                               41.1000  GBP            40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    62,017                               41.1041  GBP            40.9200  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                     59                      40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,861                   40.9243  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     686                     40.9365  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,400                   40.9381  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     940                     40.9466  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,119                   40.9562  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     800                     40.9571  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,592                   40.9708  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     677                     40.9905  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     200                     41.0008  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     241                     41.0100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     560                     41.0222  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     146                     41.0400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     106                     41.0422  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     269                     41.0446  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     348                     41.0747  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,159                   41.0783  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,390                   41.0819  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     10,000                  41.0967  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,110                   41.1000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,000                   40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     172                     40.9239  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,955                   40.9468  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,400                   40.9481  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,567                   40.9538  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     840                     40.9669  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,096                   40.9850  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     19,279                  40.9941  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     8,982                   41.0022  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,650                   41.0058  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,208                   41.0077  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     205                     41.0126  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,449                   41.0163  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,641                   41.0263  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     700                     41.0817  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,618                   41.0972  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     301                     41.0990  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     626                     41.1000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     88                      41.0040  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:                                                                        16 Oct 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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