Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

05 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:				04 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:			3,039,238	3.06%	611,369	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			530,258	0.53%	2,950,092	2.97%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,569,496	3.59%	3,561,461	3.59%
(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		211,610		41.0000  GBP	40.7200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		388,892		40.9508  GBP	40.7400  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		4,068	40.8288  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104	40.7800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,661	40.8018  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		166	40.8092  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18	40.8121  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,422	40.8173  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		797	40.8186  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,647	40.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,376	40.8211  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,230	40.8222  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		234	40.8226  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,196	40.8240  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,956	40.8322  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		800	40.8373  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,170	40.8380  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		506	40.8457  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		148	40.8459  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		901	40.8513  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		980	40.8521  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		349	40.8657  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,144	40.8795  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	40.9100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,880	40.9177  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,961	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78	40.7956  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		328	40.7998  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		202	40.8048  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140	40.8097  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	40.8149  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,856	40.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78	40.8203  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27	40.8206  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,805	40.8230  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		968	40.8343  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,353	40.8423  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,033	40.8431  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,599	40.8508  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		372	40.8567  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,028	40.8590  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,625	40.8596  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,764	40.8617  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		248	40.8619  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		404	40.8702  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		188	40.8717  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60	40.8839  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		254	40.8862  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,256	40.8882  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13	40.9092  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,152	40.9168  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,035	40.9225  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,036	40.9486  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,458	40.9592  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,400	40.9881  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,080	40.7800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		134,136	40.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		39,457	40.8586  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,990	40.8613  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,208	40.8864  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		35,686	40.8935  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		433	40.9209  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,196	40.7900  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,285	40.8002  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,941	40.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		42,820	40.8516  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		213	40.9624  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		30	41.0000  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:				05 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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