Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC - Replacement

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3835Q published at 11:19 on 09/07/2025, changes made to section 2A

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 relevant securities this form relates:

SPECTRIS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

SPECTRIS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

08 Jul 2025

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

1,656,407

1.66%

1,114,028

1.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

928,176

0.93%

1,343,016

1.35%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,584,583

2.59%

2,457,044

2.47%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

5p ordinary

Purchase

334312

40.0088 GBP

39.8528 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

302780

40.0000 GBP

39.8400 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

39.8640 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,000

39.9180 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

92

39.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

38

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

26

39.8715 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,221

39.8729 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

148

39.8732 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,297

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,719

39.8869 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

752

39.8884 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,354

39.8939 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,537

39.8973 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,683

39.8975 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,411

39.8983 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,166

39.9001 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,523

39.9034 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

334

39.9069 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,702

39.9198 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

48

39.9241 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

722

39.9297 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

774

39.9454 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

56

39.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,041

39.9658 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

112

39.9850 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

461

39.9900 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

287

39.8528 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,800

39.8799 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,526

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59

39.8810 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

676

39.8815 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23

39.8834 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.8879 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.8999 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,995

39.9003 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,404

39.9043 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.9079 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.9179 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

39.9194 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

828

39.9229 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

820

39.9310 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,234

39.9314 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,404

39.9318 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,292

39.9364 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,509

39.9467 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,586

39.9504 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

635

39.9561 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

73

39.9623 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,879

39.9668 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,014

39.9686 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.9874 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,349

39.9911 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9

40.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

654

40.0088 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

6,619

39.9378 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

1,890

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,430

39.8831 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

100

39.9024 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

10-Jul-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213