Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

12 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:				11 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:			2,677,409	2.70%	555,946	0.56%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			393,477	0.40%	2,521,923	2.54%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,070,886	3.09%	3,077,869	3.10%
(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		808,794		40.3400  GBP	40.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		1,164,145		40.3400  GBP	39.9800  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		50,000	40.0938  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,000	40.1107  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	40.2139  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,903	40.2680  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		523	40.1208  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,393	40.1298  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,907	40.1300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,547	40.1393  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,401	40.1485  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,744	40.1534  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,958	40.1665  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,903	40.1871  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,887	40.1935  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,783	40.2048  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,865	40.2172  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		915	40.2200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,000	40.2219  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,000	40.2279  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,239	40.2617  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,800	40.2644  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		721	40.2780  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,035	40.2835  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		247	40.3170  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	40.3200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,463	40.3218  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,992	40.3248  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		968	40.3371  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,316	40.3376  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46	40.3393  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,109	40.3396  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,653	40.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,363	40.1250  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		162	40.1263  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		248	40.1294  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,393	40.1315  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,939	40.1320  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,178	40.1360  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		709	40.1399  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,460	40.1400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		414	40.1407  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		60,896	40.1600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,130	40.1647  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		407	40.1681  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,427	40.1723  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,228	40.1773  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,829	40.1792  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,391	40.1795  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,121	40.1984  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,365	40.2002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84	40.2034  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		318	40.2082  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,879	40.2093  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,561	40.2108  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	40.2197  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,288	40.2215  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		865	40.2344  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		69	40.2390  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		109	40.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		911	40.2402  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,442	40.2410  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,145	40.2431  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,200	40.2498  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,213	40.2672  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,190	40.2880  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		314	40.2882  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,513	40.2984  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,452	40.3016  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,580	40.3071  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,933	40.3146  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,134	40.3151  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		298	40.3163  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		252	40.3365  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,878	40.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		394,794	39.9800  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		8,190	40.1751  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		1,113	40.1910  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		28,277	40.2065  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		214	40.2372  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		52,721	40.2604  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		232	40.2823  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		47,929	40.2896  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		263	40.2963  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		56,836	40.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		3,889	40.1752  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		10,880	40.1774  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		27,119	40.1987  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		78	40.2369  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		13,871	40.2400  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		60,035	40.2402  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		25,616	40.2484  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		25,838	40.2571  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		57,841	40.3400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,500	40.1300  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:				12 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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