Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

03 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:				02 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:			1,516,377	1.53%	1,060,211	1.07%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			853,480	0.86%	1,298,032	1.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,369,857	2.39%	2,358,243	2.37%
(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		771,097		40.3000  GBP	39.7200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,016,983		40.3798  GBP	38.3000  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		6,686	39.8416  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91,844	39.8514  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		124,998	38.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		193	39.7186  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8,941	39.7200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		106	39.7744  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,060	39.8041  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,162	39.8493  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		960	39.8621  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		865	39.8633  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,462	39.8683  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,418	39.8698  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		20,614	39.8723  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		39,644	39.8825  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,109	39.8901  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,021	39.8911  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		748	39.8928  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		648	39.8939  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		216	39.8952  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		873	39.9004  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		21,198	39.9049  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		105	39.9097  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		100	39.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,352	39.9249  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		193,867	39.9371  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		81,600	39.9379  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		199	39.9388  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,321	39.9409  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,152	39.9461  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,553	39.9671  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,341	39.9714  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,081	39.9863  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		25,000	39.9883  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		417	40.0042  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,920	40.0138  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,695	40.0695  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		105	40.1588  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		545	40.1950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,500	40.2433  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,352	40.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49,937	40.3798  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,690	39.7200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		695	39.7203  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,186	39.7219  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,179	39.7242  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,019	39.7399  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		105	39.7710  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		265	39.7750  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		263	39.7831  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		100,000	39.7898  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		171	39.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,341	39.8545  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,682	39.8573  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,761	39.8842  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,810	39.8857  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,592	39.8864  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,196	39.8966  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,476	39.9199  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26	39.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,000	39.9279  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		959	39.9375  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		30	39.9386  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		26,705	39.9843  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		4,609	40.0489  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		490	40.0749  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,610	39.8555  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,028	39.8788  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,259	39.8366  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		54,271	40.0200  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,979	40.0587  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		7,500	38.3815  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,500	40.0400  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:				03 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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