Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

18 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:				17 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:			4,763,011	4.79%	586,220	0.59%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			555,270	0.56%	4,717,768	4.75%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,318,281	5.35%	5,303,988	5.34%
(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		43,569		41.1600  GBP	41.1192  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		171,592		41.1600  GBP	41.1191  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		18	41.1191  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3	41.1194  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		93,271	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,388	41.1206  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,364	41.1227  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,336	41.1229  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,576	41.1235  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		687	41.1245  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,300	41.1264  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,431	41.1280  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	41.1293  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,527	41.1296  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250	41.1323  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		411	41.1400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		417	41.1427  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,610	41.1439  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,437	41.1458  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		536	41.1487  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28	41.1493  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,834	41.1548  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,989	41.1200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,033	41.1241  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		95	41.1300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		349	41.1353  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		214	41.1373  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		584	41.1384  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,125	41.1430  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,207	41.1475  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,500	41.1483  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		642	41.1547  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,370	41.1600  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:				18 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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