Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

05 November 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:				04 Nov 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:			4,603,443	4.63%	627,578	0.63%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			595,057	0.60%	4,555,822	4.58%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,198,500	5.23%	5,183,400	5.21%
(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		175,913		41.1213  GBP	41.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		522,122		41.1400  GBP	41.0800  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		Increasing Short		2,134	41.0952  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,578	41.0779  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		454,935	41.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,318	41.0801  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,321	41.0808  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		637	41.0811  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,690	41.0817  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		175	41.0824  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,678	41.0860  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		683	41.0865  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		465	41.0900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		816	41.0932  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,100	41.0971  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,517	41.0975  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		812	41.0980  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		466	41.0992  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		310	41.1020  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		213	41.1074  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37	41.1400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,128	41.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18	41.0812  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	41.0833  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31	41.0848  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,610	41.0865  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20	41.0960  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,200	41.0969  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		402	41.0992  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		330	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		125,000	41.1005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,431	41.1015  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,346	41.1022  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		300	41.1025  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		600	41.1028  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	41.1032  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		323	41.1083  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		221	41.1100  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		437	41.1152  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		294	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,873	41.1213  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		250	41.1117  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		50	41.1118  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:				05 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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