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

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24/11/2025 11:00

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RNS Number : 7338I  Barclays PLC  24 November 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:                                                        21 Nov 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:                                                        4,802,757           4.83%            628,448                 0.63%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        609,867             0.61%            4,757,346               4.79%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    5,412,624           5.44%            5,385,794               5.42%
 (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                                120,307                              41.1400  GBP            41.0800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    103,056                              41.1400  GBP            41.0600  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                     464                     41.0593  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     171                     41.0766  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     8,193                   41.0771  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,660                   41.0780  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,597                   41.0800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,924                   41.0842  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     511                     41.0867  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     29                      41.0868  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     942                     41.0905  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     501                     41.0908  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     525                     41.0926  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     23,195                  41.0935  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     16,702                  41.0964  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,838                   41.0971  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,158                   41.0973  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     836                     41.0996  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,556                   41.1005  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,064                   41.1018  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,062                   41.1040  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,175                   41.1050  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,473                   41.1126  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,558                   41.0800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     352                     41.0805  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,492                   41.0861  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,677                   41.0894  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     137                     41.1000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     80,491                  41.1014  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,532                   41.1110  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,348                   41.1123  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4,033                   41.1368  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     213                     41.1400  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:                                                                        24 Nov 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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