Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

20 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:				17 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:			4,241,113	4.27%	615,340	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			579,082	0.58%	4,188,261	4.21%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,820,195	4.85%	4,803,601	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		58,235		41.0400  GBP	40.9600  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		132,929		41.0400  GBP	40.9766  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		3,669	41.0046  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,600	40.9766  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,133	40.9800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,050	40.9804  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		62	40.9816  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		79	40.9825  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		986	40.9832  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,930	40.9841  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,543	40.9854  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		202	40.9864  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		703	40.9904  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		400	40.9924  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,646	40.9985  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17	41.0011  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		129	41.0016  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,087	41.0073  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		800	41.0171  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		308	41.0200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,000	40.9600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,041	40.9800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,462	40.9809  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7	40.9814  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		432	40.9820  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		106	40.9864  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		360	40.9886  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,745	40.9961  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		544	41.0000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		914	41.0041  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,470	41.0066  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,491	41.0083  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,483	41.0110  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,011	41.0130  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,927	41.0192  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,279	41.0271  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		383	41.0315  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,682	41.0362  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		586	40.9720  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		97,779	41.0317  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		182	41.0241  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:				20 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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