Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

13 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:				10 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:			4,228,182	4.25%	612,250	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			576,083	0.58%	4,187,056	4.21%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,804,265	4.83%	4,799,306	4.83%
(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		184,077		40.9200  GBP	40.8400  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		166,181		40.9118  GBP	40.8600  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		1,405	40.8614  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,457	40.8695  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		716	40.8706  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,070	40.8709  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		660	40.8738  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,426	40.8788  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		125	40.8796  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		609	40.8800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		118	40.8900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,095	40.8908  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62,586	40.8913  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20	40.8920  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		805	40.8971  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38	40.8978  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,747	40.8979  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,485	40.8999  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,449	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		399	40.9046  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,312	40.9077  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		619	40.9118  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,934	40.8632  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84	40.8731  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		825	40.8733  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	40.8800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	40.8832  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,892	40.8836  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,718	40.8865  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		375	40.8912  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	40.8940  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,502	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84,297	40.9004  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,374	40.9020  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		211	40.9045  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		450	40.9061  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,634	40.9063  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		449	40.9193  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		276	40.9196  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 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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