Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

06 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:				05 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:			3,060,781	3.08%	604,576	0.61%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			398,830	0.40%	2,846,884	2.87%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,459,611	3.48%	3,451,460	3.48%
(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		423,906		41.6000  GBP	41.0600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		395,570		41.6000  GBP	41.0600  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		3,981	41.2058  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		245	41.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		625	41.0922  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		522	41.0937  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66,038	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,918	41.1024  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,668	41.1047  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		170	41.1184  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		114	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,334	41.1287  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,757	41.1347  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		116	41.1382  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		75	41.1472  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,511	41.1643  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		571	41.1673  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,632	41.1835  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		600	41.2112  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	41.2517  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	41.2717  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	41.2784  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,653	41.3060  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		266	41.3700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		325	41.3756  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,200	41.3791  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45	41.3993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		373	41.4069  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		72	41.4122  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	41.4227  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,000	41.4892  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,038	41.4993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	41.5017  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,836	41.5274  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29	41.0841  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,309	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		325	41.1001  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,238	41.1002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		162	41.1019  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		961	41.1038  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15	41.1080  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,195	41.1725  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		836	41.1950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,560	41.2017  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		398	41.2047  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,165	41.2084  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,440	41.2088  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,835	41.2123  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,705	41.2289  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,245	41.2332  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,239	41.2422  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,700	41.2742  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,548	41.3085  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,000	41.3103  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,210	41.3328  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		99	41.3566  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		304	41.3778  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		431	41.3842  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		967	41.3884  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		553	41.4101  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,336	41.4211  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		127	41.4497  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		667	41.4917  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		715	41.5046  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		132,643	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		32,477	41.1829  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		51,670	41.2210  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		757	41.2285  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		434	41.3608  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		34,410	41.3897  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,759	41.4404  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		151,280	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		61,597	41.2372  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		30,452	41.3555  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11,754	41.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,310	41.4474  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,000	41.1912  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:				06 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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