Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 August 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:				31 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:			3,143,467	3.16%	460,654	0.46%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			256,519	0.26%	2,930,429	2.95%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,399,986	3.42%	3,391,083	3.41%
(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		223,683		40.0000  GBP	39.8472  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		148,826		40.0000  GBP	39.8448  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		1,646	39.8532  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,287	39.8546  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		623	39.8594  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,017	39.8654  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		403	39.8708  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		180	39.8786  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		87	39.8800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,568	39.8802  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		264	39.8850  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		78	39.8887  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		263	39.8914  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12	39.8916  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		358	39.8932  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64	39.8937  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		855	39.8946  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,897	39.8960  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,522	39.8984  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		487	39.8986  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,293	39.8994  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,148	39.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		754	39.9114  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	39.9370  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	39.8600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,029	39.8687  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51	39.8700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	39.8719  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,729	39.8720  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,335	39.8736  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		889	39.8765  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		96	39.8794  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	39.8800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		413	39.8806  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		320	39.8807  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,837	39.8811  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		260	39.8826  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66	39.8842  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	39.8853  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,325	39.8858  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,609	39.8859  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,382	39.8879  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,594	39.8914  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,627	39.8929  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		674	39.8937  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	39.8964  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		216	39.8972  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,081	39.8997  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,945	39.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		321	39.9005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		259	39.9022  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		942	39.9027  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		511	39.9042  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		180	39.9400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48	40.0000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		157	39.8775  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,900	39.8798  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		674	39.9062  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		62	39.9087  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,503	39.8472  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,550	39.8657  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		22,564	39.8668  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		653	39.8848  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:				01 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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