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

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21/10/2025 11:30

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RNS Number : 2310E  Barclays PLC  21 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:                                                        20 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:                                                        4,195,767           4.22%            610,463                 0.61%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        574,205             0.58%            4,142,709               4.17%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    4,769,972           4.80%            4,753,172               4.78%
 (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                                58,069                               41.0428  GBP            41.0000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    98,538                               41.0400  GBP            40.9993  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                     3,669                   41.0243  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     171                     40.9993  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     303                     41.0000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     652                     41.0048  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,197                   41.0196  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,069                   41.0200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,129                   41.0286  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,731                   41.0320  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,249                   41.0377  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,736                   41.0379  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,824                   41.0400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6                       41.0600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     544                     41.0000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     171                     41.0006  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,055                   41.0200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     55                      41.0218  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,490                   41.0239  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     10                      41.0280  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     711                     41.0308  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,006                   41.0341  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,555                   41.0351  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,213                   41.0352  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,484                   41.0360  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,507                   41.0365  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     103                     41.0370  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,002                   41.0379  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,907                  41.0389  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,451                   41.0400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     218                     41.0405  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,300                   41.0428  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     1,776                   41.0245  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     61,945                  41.0317  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:                                                                        21 Oct 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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