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RNS Number : 2039V  GoldmanSachs International  13 August 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

 

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                            (GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form  SPECTRIS PLC
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        SPECTRIS PLC
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    12 August 2025
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

 

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

 

(a)        Purchases and sales

 

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received  Lowest price per unit paid/received

 5p ordinary                 Purchases         736,103                     40.3800 GBP                           40.2800 GBP
 5p ordinary                 Sales             406,057                     40.4000 GBP                           40.2597 GBP

 

 

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      21,379                          40.2597 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      4,884                           40.2597 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    8,958                           40.3032 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    11,038                          40.3032 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      12,754                          40.3098 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    16,370                          40.3202 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Opening a long position                                                        305                             40.3203 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    130                             40.3257 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    197                             40.3260 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a short position                                                      144                             40.3283 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       1,273                           40.3306 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    3,006                           40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    5,693                           40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    788                             40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    472                             40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    182                             40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    5,504                           40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    1,087                           40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    4,945                           40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    51                              40.3315 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    324                             40.3355 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    392                             40.3355 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    361                             40.3355 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a short position                                                    109                             40.3355 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Opening a short position                                                       29,666                          40.3642 GBP
 5p ordinary                 SWAP^                Reducing a long position                                                       293,863                         40.3800 GBP

^Please note this product is part of a basket of securities for which SPECTRIS
PLC is a component

 

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number of securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Type                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising / exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

 

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

 

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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:

 Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there
 are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
 securities to which any derivative is referenced:

 If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

 NONE

 

 

 Date of disclosure:  13 August 2025
 Contact name:        Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
 Telephone number:    +33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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