Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

16 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:				15 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:			2,732,755	2.75%	279,757	0.28%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			250,116	0.25%	2,666,236	2.68%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,982,871	3.00%	2,945,993	2.96%
(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		67,541		40.9203  GBP	40.8800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		106,136		40.9200  GBP	40.8792  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		3,562	40.9080  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42	40.8793  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47	40.8808  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		482	40.8923  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,740	40.8977  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,623	40.8988  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,274	40.8990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		440	40.8996  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,490	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,307	40.9034  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,836	40.9045  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,261	40.9070  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		584	40.9116  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		135	40.9155  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		287	40.9179  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		623	40.9188  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		330	40.9193  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,361	40.9196  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,457	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	40.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80	40.8935  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		969	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		600	40.9004  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		63	40.9011  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		445	40.9030  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,784	40.9042  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,038	40.9061  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,030	40.9077  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		156	40.9091  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,836	40.9122  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,624	40.9133  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	40.9143  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,098	40.9176  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264	40.9188  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,353	40.9191  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		121	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	40.9203  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		232	40.9112  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:				16 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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