Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				12 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:			5,197,120	5.23%	595,558	0.60%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			564,424	0.57%	5,150,631	5.18%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,761,544	5.80%	5,746,189	5.78%
(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		52,023		41.2200  GBP	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		321,093		41.1600  GBP	41.1000  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		441	41.1143  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300,000	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,900	41.1342  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70	41.1400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,197	41.1543  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,017	41.1560  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	41.1571  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39	41.1593  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,193	41.1600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	0.0000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		550,362	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200	41.1229  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		599	41.1234  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		69	41.1241  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		365	41.1298  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,285	41.1334  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		761	41.1419  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		380	41.1425  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,850	41.1428  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		519	41.1464  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,751	41.1490  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		270	41.1503  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		933	41.1562  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,116	41.1593  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,446	41.1600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		209	41.1606  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,071	41.1616  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		650	41.1628  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		271	41.1971  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:				13 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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