Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 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:				06 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:			3,142,257	3.16%	632,668	0.64%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			427,255	0.43%	2,928,931	2.95%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,569,512	3.59%	3,561,599	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		334,502		41.3705  GBP	41.1800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		281,118		41.5192  GBP	41.1717  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		25,000	41.0589  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,977	41.3064  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,800	41.1717  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,165	41.1940  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,800	41.1993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,197	41.2000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		104	41.2018  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,800	41.2117  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		959	41.2450  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33	41.2690  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,651	41.2712  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		368	41.2766  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		103	41.2838  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	41.2860  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,318	41.3027  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,165	41.3043  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,502	41.3089  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,287	41.3144  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,594	41.3150  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33	41.3169  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,230	41.3193  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,405	41.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		793	41.3281  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,844	41.3285  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60	41.3303  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,651	41.3339  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,856	41.3341  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		68	41.3360  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,519	41.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,961	41.3443  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62	41.3512  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		150	41.3666  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		594	41.3703  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,200	41.4792  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	41.5192  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	40.6620  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		742	41.2000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		657	41.2095  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	41.2206  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		419	41.2248  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,694	41.2472  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,355	41.2615  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,362	41.2630  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,502	41.2634  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		262	41.2639  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,040	41.2656  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	41.2660  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,379	41.2725  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	41.2833  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,277	41.2887  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,597	41.2911  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	41.2941  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	41.3000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,018	41.3020  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,160	41.3026  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,407	41.3151  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,141	41.3152  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		250	41.3162  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55	41.3365  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,971	41.3367  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40,003	41.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	41.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19	41.3705  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		123	41.2330  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,610	41.3030  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		29,759	41.3080  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		774	41.2261  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		26,230	41.2490  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		24,369	41.2705  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:				07 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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