| 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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| (d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 20 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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| 2,781,556 | 2.80% | 411,731 | 0.41% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 194,018 | 0.20% | 2,569,951 | 2.59% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,975,574 | 3.00% | 2,981,682 | 3.00% |
| (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 | 264,486 | 40.4468 GBP | 40.2800 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 262,259 | 40.4400 GBP | 40.2943 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 | 5,017 | 40.3819 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9 | 40.2600 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 157 | 40.2993 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 480 | 40.2995 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,062 | 40.3048 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,601 | 40.3351 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,134 | 40.3462 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,201 | 40.3517 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 49 | 40.3581 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,522 | 40.3655 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,357 | 40.3745 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15 | 40.3786 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 53 | 40.3796 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36 | 40.3800 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,000 | 40.3899 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 57 | 40.3901 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 153 | 40.3928 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 92 | 40.3980 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,777 | 40.3991 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,713 | 40.4000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,400 | 40.4162 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4 | 40.2800 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,077 | 40.3127 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,528 | 40.3518 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 521 | 40.3588 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 749 | 40.3591 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4 | 40.3600 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,991 | 40.3643 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,375 | 40.3661 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 740 | 40.3680 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 68 | 40.3717 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,407 | 40.3721 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,005 | 40.3791 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 46 | 40.3800 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 119 | 40.3803 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,712 | 40.3841 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,447 | 40.3858 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,859 | 40.3859 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 106 | 40.3872 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,129 | 40.3876 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 831 | 40.3883 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 946 | 40.3912 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 187 | 40.3913 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,045 | 40.3919 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,605 | 40.3950 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 116 | 40.3996 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,144 | 40.4000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 32,863 | 40.4468 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,835 | 40.3771 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,373 | 40.3774 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,237 | 40.3735 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 104 | 40.3940 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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| (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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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 21 Aug 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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