Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			2,721,485	2.74%	290,499	0.29%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			260,560	0.26%	2,657,549	2.67%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,982,045	3.00%	2,948,048	2.97%
(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		112,485		40.9400  GBP	40.8881  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		134,497		40.9593  GBP	40.9000  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		449	40.8993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		447	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,543	40.9006  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11	40.9010  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,927	40.9063  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		288	40.9100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		76	40.9143  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,419	40.9151  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,671	40.9162  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,259	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57	40.9228  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7	40.8800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		133	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48	40.9124  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	40.9132  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,691	40.9142  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,633	40.9159  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	40.9183  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27	40.9198  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		636	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		281	40.9204  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76	40.9206  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		422	40.9207  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		600	40.9237  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,610	40.9240  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,193	40.9245  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,123	40.9261  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,485	40.9263  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,788	40.9270  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,115	40.9283  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,514	40.9305  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		388	40.9307  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,561	40.9320  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,932	40.9340  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		743	40.9226  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		837	40.8881  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11	40.8882  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		630	40.9200  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:				17 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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