Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

04 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:				01 Aug 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:			3,202,609	3.22%	597,458	0.60%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			393,365	0.40%	2,989,646	3.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,595,974	3.62%	3,587,104	3.61%
(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		902,525		40.9000  GBP	39.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		980,187		40.9000  GBP	39.8200  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		2,760	39.8534  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		324	39.8572  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		820	39.8580  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	39.8600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		373	39.9400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	40.1257  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,943	40.1418  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,047	40.2153  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		201	40.2374  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46	40.3113  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,668	40.3278  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		113	40.3594  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		292	40.3610  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,941	40.4059  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,557	40.4152  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,715	40.4267  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,052	40.4504  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,706	40.4551  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		113,897	40.4806  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,087	40.4883  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		106	40.5290  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		268	40.5309  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		609	40.6037  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,203	40.6046  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,470	40.6140  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	40.6197  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,000	40.6371  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,000	40.6449  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,229	40.6494  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,000	40.6506  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,447	40.7004  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,319	40.7263  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		216	40.7622  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145	40.7677  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,490	40.7778  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,474	40.7800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,855	40.8426  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,000	40.8660  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,000	40.8877  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,618	39.8519  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		954	39.8642  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		985	39.8801  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,760	39.8872  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,933	39.9077  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8	40.0250  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,889	40.1276  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		437	40.2574  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		539	40.2596  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		295	40.2811  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,256	40.2819  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		127	40.3073  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,543	40.3165  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		457	40.3587  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,669	40.4187  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		701	40.4379  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		448	40.4442  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,000	40.4702  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,017	40.4746  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,890	40.6713  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,000	40.7102  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,223	40.7142  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		379	40.7457  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,400	40.7465  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,679	40.7640  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,884	40.7800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,636	40.7820  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	40.7922  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	40.8822  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		86	39.8575  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		12,831	39.8656  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,018	39.8924  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		145,156	40.3273  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		275	40.3811  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		179,007	40.5010  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,792	40.6000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		97	39.8623  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,131	39.9627  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,112	40.2904  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		250,878	40.4087  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,074	40.5618  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		66,647	40.6165  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		47,251	40.7678  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:				04 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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