Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

21 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:				20 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:			4,764,538	4.79%	607,480	0.61%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			588,905	0.59%	4,719,127	4.75%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			5,353,443	5.39%	5,326,607	5.36%
(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		121,597		41.2805  GBP	41.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		45,923		41.1793  GBP	41.0770  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		13,541	41.0771  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		158	41.0774  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		137	41.0790  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,002	41.0792  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		154	41.0794  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,715	41.0796  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,391	41.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,732	41.0814  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,084	41.0826  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		466	41.0845  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,034	41.0857  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		195	41.1793  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		114	41.0800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,967	41.0840  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,167	41.0843  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,703	41.0880  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		796	41.0900  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,740	41.0924  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,366	41.0925  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		300	41.0961  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,680	41.0982  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		496	41.1000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,647	41.1005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,407	41.1036  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		614	41.1055  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,017	41.1235  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	41.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8	41.2805  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:				21 Nov 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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