Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

24 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:				23 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:			4,302,694	4.33%	619,780	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			583,522	0.59%	4,249,509	4.27%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,886,216	4.92%	4,869,289	4.90%
(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		73,155		41.0657  GBP	41.0000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		71,920		41.0700  GBP	40.9994  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		14	40.9994  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31	41.0100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		869	41.0157  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,055	41.0159  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,450	41.0164  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,177	41.0165  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		600	41.0171  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,279	41.0189  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		756	41.0231  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,545	41.0303  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		816	41.0309  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,450	41.0382  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,685	41.0395  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,430	41.0400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	41.0600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,283	41.0320  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,544	41.0337  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		61	41.0340  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165	41.0391  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,818	41.0399  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,066	41.0400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31	41.0405  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		887	41.0408  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,079	41.0415  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		635	41.0417  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		600	41.0430  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,109	41.0433  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,544	41.0440  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,861	41.0442  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,069	41.0449  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		800	41.0462  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,251	41.0489  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		224	41.0529  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,366	41.0595  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:				24 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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