Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

28 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:				27 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:			2,967,389	2.99%	382,788	0.39%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			173,328	0.17%	2,755,419	2.77%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,140,717	3.16%	3,138,207	3.16%
(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		227,445		40.4402  GBP	40.3858  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		140,940		40.4200  GBP	40.3918  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		1,138	40.3918  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,096	40.3941  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		892	40.3959  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,188	40.3993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,823	40.3996  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,128	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,407	40.4001  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		477	40.4043  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,926	40.4068  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		114	40.4100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		785	40.4176  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		385	40.3880  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		910	40.3980  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		925	40.3989  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,591	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		151	40.4010  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,020	40.4029  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,192	40.4037  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,340	40.4039  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,460	40.4052  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		695	40.4066  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,644	40.4072  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		273	40.4077  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,803	40.4096  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,080	40.4101  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,368	40.4128  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30	40.4165  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,000	40.4182  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	40.4200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		892	40.4206  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,434	40.4278  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,215	40.4402  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		215	40.4036  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		482	40.4043  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:				28 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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