Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

27 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:				26 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:			2,885,188	2.90%	387,092	0.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			174,799	0.18%	2,673,715	2.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,059,987	3.08%	3,060,807	3.08%
(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		434,908		40.4900  GBP	40.3959  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		379,941		40.5050  GBP	40.3993  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		209	40.3993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,868	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,145	40.4056  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		995	40.4084  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,884	40.4123  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21	40.4200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,200	40.4319  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		319	40.4365  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37	40.4400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,186	40.4490  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		766	40.4580  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	40.4727  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,798	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,410	40.4040  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,586	40.4070  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		975	40.4150  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,272	40.4200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	40.4232  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58	40.4300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		458	40.4306  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		107	40.4314  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		887	40.4325  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		421	40.4327  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		861	40.4398  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,950	40.4448  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,769	40.4468  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,196	40.4471  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,401	40.4476  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		136	40.4479  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,605	40.4485  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68	40.4519  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		775	40.4562  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,415	40.4603  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,144	40.4720  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		128	40.4729  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		142,487	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,620	40.4095  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		21,908	40.4255  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		146,208	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		971	40.4139  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		555	40.4262  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,089	40.4600  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		34	40.4623  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:				27 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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