Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

25 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:				24 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:			3,815,517	3.84%	422,584	0.43%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			386,201	0.39%	3,775,414	3.80%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,201,718	4.23%	4,197,998	4.22%
(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		599,584		40.9171  GBP	40.8084  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		481,756		40.8800  GBP	40.8200  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		3,684	40.8460  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		872	40.8218  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,788	40.8295  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		310	40.8329  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,611	40.8379  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,007	40.8400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,240	40.8419  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,464	40.8432  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,267	40.8434  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,148	40.8527  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,187	40.8550  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,332	40.8598  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		174,114	40.8600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,339	40.8634  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		44	40.8654  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		632	40.8672  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21	40.8685  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		765	40.8793  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		252	40.8084  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,148	40.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,000	40.8232  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		406	40.8332  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,104	40.8400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,273	40.8418  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	40.8432  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,651	40.8512  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		547	40.8533  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		255	40.8560  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		40	40.8601  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,288	40.8604  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		145,218	40.8634  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		265	40.8677  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	40.8694  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,156	40.8716  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,844	40.8722  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,000	40.8804  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		313	40.8820  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,131	40.8825  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		545	40.8839  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,239	40.8845  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,875	40.8934  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,000	40.8945  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,326	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,410	40.9001  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		11	40.8636  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		38,356	40.8681  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:				25 Sep 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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