RNS Number : 6674S

Barclays PLC

25 July 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:				24 Jul 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:			2,790,166	2.81%	488,836	0.49%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			303,306	0.31%	2,572,880	2.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,093,472	3.11%	3,061,716	3.08%
(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		431,745		39.8006  GBP	39.6627  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		124,716		39.7735  GBP	39.6400  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		Increasing Short		25,000	39.7558  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	39.7797  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		331	39.6800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		408	39.6855  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		417	39.6871  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,632	39.6913  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		678	39.6919  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		311	39.6997  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		141	39.7002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		188	39.7032  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,930	39.7053  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		136	39.7130  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,885	39.7174  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		239	39.7200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,106	39.7227  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,381	39.7234  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		446	39.7329  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63	39.7380  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107	39.7383  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		681	39.7394  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,400	39.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		137	39.7491  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	39.7524  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23	39.7565  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		96	39.7735  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		216	39.6627  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		536	39.6717  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,011	39.6937  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	39.6938  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		57	39.7000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		114	39.7034  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8	39.7100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		898	39.7159  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,934	39.7165  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,594	39.7181  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,029	39.7184  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		548	39.7189  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		222	39.7191  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,774	39.7213  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,585	39.7219  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,657	39.7226  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,400	39.7279  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		569	39.7300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	39.7305  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,192	39.7366  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,597	39.7399  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,747	39.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96	39.7404  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,119	39.7421  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96	39.8005  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,295	39.7017  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		175	39.7046  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,208	39.7304  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,269	39.7384  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,427	39.7014  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		37,284	39.7048  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,169	39.7059  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,420	39.7100  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		95,000	39.7160  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,922	39.7213  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		329	39.7320  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		455	39.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		869	39.7423  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:				25 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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