Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			2,239,581	2.25%	660,048	0.66%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			474,416	0.48%	2,021,753	2.04%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,713,997	2.73%	2,681,801	2.70%
(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		477,180		39.8000  GBP	39.6700  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		180,502		39.8000  GBP	39.6529  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		9,601	39.6529  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,027	39.7000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		388	39.7201  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	39.7304  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	39.7320  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,407	39.7331  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,959	39.7341  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		110	39.7350  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		253	39.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		529	39.7514  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40	39.7520  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		93	39.7600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		198	39.7633  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		94	39.7638  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,303	39.7700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		437	39.7899  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		141	39.7916  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		89	39.7940  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		71	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45	39.6800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,008	39.7000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		896	39.7188  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	39.7198  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62	39.7200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,712	39.7205  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,601	39.7277  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		529	39.7358  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		280	39.7419  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,637	39.7435  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,629	39.7450  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,482	39.7458  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		312	39.7467  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,301	39.7476  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		612	39.7487  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,171	39.7557  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,153	39.7619  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		465	39.7685  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		398	39.7686  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		447	39.7691  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,266	39.7714  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,908	39.7733  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		522	39.7745  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,206	39.7759  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,365	39.7802  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,396	39.7817  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,246	39.7821  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,724	39.7832  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		108	39.7980  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		941	39.6770  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		35,962	39.7000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		24,661	39.7099  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		2,433	39.7469  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,768	39.7728  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,467	39.7789  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		73	39.7842  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		73,338	39.7000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		63,255	39.7198  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		36,745	39.7199  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,204	39.7239  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,192	39.7409  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		29,388	39.7520  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		374	39.7604  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,204	39.7824  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:				18 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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