Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC Replacement

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 9875N published at 11:37 on 23/06/2025, changes made to section 2A,3A

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:

20 Jun 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:

1,372,764

1.38%

796,652

0.80%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

574,133

0.58%

1,165,042

1.17%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

1,946,897

1.96%

1,961,694

1.98%

(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

812877

33.5400 GBP

32.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

487526

33.5400 GBP

32.8195 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

Increasing Short

609

32.9735 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

947

32.9736 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

130,000

33.2253 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,060

33.3126 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

421

33.3127 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,000

33.4534 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,000

32.8167 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

985

32.8195 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,552

32.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,255

32.8363 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

820

32.9398 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,191

32.9721 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

37

33.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

498

33.1134 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

729

33.1278 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,607

33.2956 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14

33.4197 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34

33.4500 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

382

33.4503 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,563

33.4524 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,485

33.4537 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

570

33.4588 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

840

33.4603 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

327

33.4683 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,440

33.4702 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

486

33.4803 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

945

33.4811 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5

33.4893 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,084

33.4920 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

99

33.5000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

68

33.5014 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

582

33.5362 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,645

33.5397 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

154,539

32.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,345

32.8216 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,225

32.8446 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,199

32.8568 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,936

32.8798 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42

32.9438 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,475

33.0128 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,477

33.0294 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

354

33.1005 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,337

33.1340 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,957

33.1454 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

552

33.4292 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,337

33.4294 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

282

33.4349 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,584

33.4403 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

209

33.4495 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,041

33.4535 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

490

33.4599 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

527

33.4719 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

397

33.4766 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

301

33.4784 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5

33.4906 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15

33.5100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

84

33.5400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,225

33.4468 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,314

33.4604 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,706

33.4642 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

653

33.4806 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,067

32.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,616

32.8229 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,807

33.4810 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

787

33.4939 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:

24-Jun-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213