Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC Replacement

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 0089Q published at 11:19 on 07/07/2025, 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:

04 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:

1,554,619

1.57%

1,153,844

1.16%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

914,159

0.92%

1,340,720

1.35%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,468,778

2.49%

2,494,564

2.51%

(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

190922

40.2273 GBP

39.8520 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

168537

40.2082 GBP

39.8003 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

31,500

39.7853 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,000

39.8700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

236

39.9994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

541

40.0089 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

157

40.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

172

40.1293 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,129

40.1311 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,555

40.1379 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

162

40.1396 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,047

40.1453 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

595

40.1577 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

81

40.1593 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,076

40.1596 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23,246

40.1599 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,336

40.1611 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

408

40.1612 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

41

40.1614 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,415

40.1639 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,346

40.1655 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

153

40.1666 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,567

40.1672 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

710

40.1717 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,134

40.1720 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

310

40.1729 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,475

40.1736 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,823

40.1781 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,936

40.1800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2

40.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

218

40.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

52

40.1200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,935

40.1349 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,739

40.1353 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

321

40.1426 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,800

40.1480 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,524

40.1578 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

74

40.1597 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

40.1598 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,766

40.1600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

97

40.1621 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,769

40.1640 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,811

40.1650 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,179

40.1652 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,229

40.1686 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,098

40.1741 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,838

40.1800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

491

40.1831 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,801

40.2000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,601

40.2200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,800

40.2273 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

547

40.1516 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,483

40.1508 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,240

40.1737 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

245

40.1800 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