Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 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:				06 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:			4,842,187	4.87%	618,961	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			586,423	0.59%	4,794,292	4.82%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,428,610	5.46%	5,413,253	5.45%
(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		321,674		41.1403  GBP	41.0543  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		89,840		41.1400  GBP	41.0571  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		3,772	41.0571  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,122	41.0579  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,264	41.0600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		555	41.0636  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,152	41.0664  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,588	41.0668  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		516	41.0700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,670	41.0719  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,700	41.0724  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,195	41.0737  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,244	41.0758  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21	41.0778  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,245	41.0781  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57	41.0866  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,079	41.0878  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,311	41.0922  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		678	41.1304  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		393	41.1320  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		138	41.1400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		548	41.0600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,473	41.0601  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		379	41.0605  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		752	41.0620  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,749	41.0628  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,314	41.0636  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		372	41.0658  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27	41.0674  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		139	41.0682  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		511	41.0819  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	41.0832  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,651	41.0834  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,944	41.0844  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,215	41.0883  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,100	41.0947  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		976	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59	41.1071  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,000	41.1080  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		170,000	41.1087  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,960	41.1106  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		924	41.1134  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,450	41.1147  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,472	41.1187  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,177	41.1403  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		271	41.1406  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,917	41.0763  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:				07 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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