Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

04 September 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:				03 Sep 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:			2,690,560	2.71%	707,443	0.71%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			497,268	0.50%	2,444,326	2.46%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			3,187,828	3.21%	3,151,769	3.17%
(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		276,119		40.8327  GBP	40.5400  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		881,897		40.8200  GBP	40.5200  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		293,850	40.5256  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,829	40.5200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,003	40.6028  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,064	40.6581  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,285	40.6714  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,866	40.6862  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,250	40.7060  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,916	40.7061  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,376	40.7102  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,451	40.7178  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,299	40.7488  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,882	40.7607  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123	40.7621  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,381	40.7640  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		396	40.7677  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		334	40.7700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		442	40.7759  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,763	40.7785  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,470	40.7793  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,349	40.7800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		819	40.7855  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35	40.5400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,727	40.6002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	40.6548  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,087	40.6582  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	40.6832  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,036	40.7000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,011	40.7003  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,055	40.7008  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		851	40.7031  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,215	40.7043  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,576	40.7169  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,305	40.7380  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50	40.7400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25	40.7406  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,511	40.7478  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		294	40.7500  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,768	40.7583  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		363	40.7593  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,427	40.7631  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5	40.7669  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45	40.7779  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,469	40.7792  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,775	40.6698  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		110,706	40.6718  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		4,231	40.6729  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		7,569	40.6730  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		10,820	40.6767  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		137,322	40.6918  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		300	40.6919  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:				04 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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