RNS Number : 5416V

Barclays PLC

15 August 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:				14 Aug 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:			2,732,958	2.75%	497,344	0.50%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			308,907	0.31%	2,555,437	2.57%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,041,865	3.06%	3,052,781	3.07%
(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		414,482		40.3622  GBP	40.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		768,283		40.4000  GBP	40.2600  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		4,164	40.2993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		455,000	40.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	40.2593  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,370	40.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19	40.2742  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	40.2766  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,971	40.2771  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,987	40.2881  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		417	40.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,657	40.3001  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		359	40.3129  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,844	40.3145  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,011	40.3155  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		489	40.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,969	40.3227  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,021	40.3251  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		610	40.3266  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		227	40.3287  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,839	40.3312  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		690	40.3593  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		64,404	40.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,269	40.2707  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,771	40.2730  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42	40.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33	40.2806  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		770	40.2811  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,306	40.3008  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21	40.3032  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,005	40.3122  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		321	40.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,002	40.3207  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80	40.3209  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,065	40.3232  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,645	40.3241  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		169	40.3300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		804	40.3306  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		545	40.3307  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,190	40.3369  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,059	40.3443  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,540	40.3459  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		731	40.3491  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,000	40.3501  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,344	40.3510  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,259	40.3517  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	40.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		212	40.3622  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		33,607	40.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		43,797	40.3016  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		8,282	40.3284  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		19,716	40.3343  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		54,604	40.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		125	40.2835  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,020	40.3036  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		433	40.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,504	40.3231  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,080	40.3315  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		499	40.3383  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		37,362	40.3393  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		301	40.3624  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,699	40.3763  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:				15 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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