RNS Number : 0877W

Barclays PLC

20 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:				19 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:			2,784,998	2.80%	417,400	0.42%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			199,622	0.20%	2,573,683	2.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,984,620	3.00%	2,991,083	3.01%
(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		228,117		40.3312  GBP	40.2738  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		159,174		40.3200  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		202	40.2793  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,746	40.2832  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,719	40.2866  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		321	40.2893  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		369	40.2932  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		375	40.2959  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		803	40.2974  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		961	40.2977  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		131	40.2978  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		370	40.2998  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		165	40.2999  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		616	40.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48	40.3059  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50	40.3065  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,443	40.3107  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	40.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	40.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		316	40.2925  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,192	40.2984  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		128	40.2990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,412	40.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		93	40.3003  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,170	40.3012  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,128	40.3031  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,091	40.3033  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,367	40.3041  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,446	40.3045  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		251	40.3048  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		697	40.3059  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,025	40.3083  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,420	40.3101  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,595	40.3178  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92	40.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		202	40.3250  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30	40.3298  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,138	40.3312  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:				20 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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