Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

14 October 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:				13 Oct 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:			4,214,382	4.24%	615,718	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			579,551	0.58%	4,173,140	4.20%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,793,933	4.82%	4,788,858	4.82%
(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		39,291		41.0400  GBP	40.8959  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		56,559		41.0500  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		3,386	40.9539  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33	40.9030  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		500	40.9171  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		150	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		130	40.9392  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	40.9400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,808	40.9556  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,979	40.9604  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,679	40.9625  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200	40.9638  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,963	40.9663  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		283	40.9776  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67	40.9794  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,891	40.9800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,226	40.9873  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		127	40.9988  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		233	41.0228  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		178	40.9176  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		549	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		400	40.9228  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		753	40.9302  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		255	40.9349  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		220	40.9406  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		82	40.9487  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,602	40.9528  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		224	40.9564  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		854	40.9587  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,334	40.9678  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		943	40.9800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		71	40.9815  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,354	40.9827  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		304	40.9931  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		103	41.0238  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	41.0269  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:				14 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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