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Barclays PLC

07 July 2025

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				SPECTRIS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt				SPECTRIS PLC
	principal trader is connected
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				04 Jul 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal				NO
	trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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%	1,123,844	1.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			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%	2,464,564	2.48%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Total number of		Highest price per unit	Lowest price per unit
security				securities		paid/received	paid/received
5p ordinary		Purchase		190,922		40.2273 GBP	39.8520 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		168,537		40.2082 GBP	39.8003 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
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	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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:				07 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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