| 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 |
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| relevant securities this form relates: |
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| (c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | SPECTRIS PLC | |||||
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| principal trader is connected |
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| (d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 06 Aug 2025 | ||||
| (e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 5p ordinary | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 3,142,257 | 3.16% | 632,668 | 0.64% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 427,255 | 0.43% | 2,928,931 | 2.95% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 3,569,512 | 3.59% | 3,561,599 | 3.59% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| Class of relevant security in relation to |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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| 5p ordinary | Purchase | 334,502 | 41.3705 GBP | 41.1800 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 281,118 | 41.5192 GBP | 41.1717 GBP | |||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 25,000 | 41.0589 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,977 | 41.3064 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,800 | 41.1717 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,165 | 41.1940 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,800 | 41.1993 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,197 | 41.2000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 104 | 41.2018 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,800 | 41.2117 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 959 | 41.2450 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 33 | 41.2690 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,651 | 41.2712 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 368 | 41.2766 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 103 | 41.2838 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30 | 41.2860 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,318 | 41.3027 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,165 | 41.3043 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,502 | 41.3089 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,287 | 41.3144 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,594 | 41.3150 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 33 | 41.3169 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,230 | 41.3193 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,405 | 41.3200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 793 | 41.3281 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,844 | 41.3285 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 60 | 41.3303 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,651 | 41.3339 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,856 | 41.3341 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 68 | 41.3360 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,519 | 41.3400 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,961 | 41.3443 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 62 | 41.3512 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 150 | 41.3666 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 594 | 41.3703 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,200 | 41.4792 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,400 | 41.5192 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,000 | 40.6620 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 742 | 41.2000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 657 | 41.2095 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 50,000 | 41.2206 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 419 | 41.2248 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,694 | 41.2472 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,355 | 41.2615 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,362 | 41.2630 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,502 | 41.2634 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 262 | 41.2639 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,040 | 41.2656 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10 | 41.2660 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,379 | 41.2725 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 44 | 41.2833 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,277 | 41.2887 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,597 | 41.2911 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 46 | 41.2941 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9 | 41.3000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,018 | 41.3020 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,160 | 41.3026 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,407 | 41.3151 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,141 | 41.3152 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 250 | 41.3162 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 55 | 41.3365 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,971 | 41.3367 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 40,003 | 41.3400 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 41.3600 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19 | 41.3705 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 123 | 41.2330 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,610 | 41.3030 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 29,759 | 41.3080 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 774 | 41.2261 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 26,230 | 41.2490 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 24,369 | 41.2705 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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| (ii) | Exercising |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 07 Aug 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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