Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

03 December 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:				02 Dec 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:			7,032,077	7.07%	611,489	0.62%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			608,939	0.61%	7,025,230	7.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			7,641,016	7.69%	7,636,719	7.68%
(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		111,039		41.4210  GBP	41.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		62,375		42.2600  GBP	41.3900  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		Increasing Short		2,740	41.4165  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,700	41.3975  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,657	41.3979  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		478	41.3993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5	41.3994  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,441	41.3996  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,727	41.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		743	41.4135  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,212	41.4180  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,676	41.4200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80	41.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		632	41.4025  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	41.4049  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,431	41.4062  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,900	41.4068  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,252	41.4086  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,177	41.4093  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,272	41.4132  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,091	41.4135  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,420	41.4157  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,395	41.4160  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,505	41.4164  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,364	41.4167  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,800	41.4168  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,875	41.4173  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		940	41.4174  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,209	41.4192  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,242	41.4196  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,809	41.4200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		250	41.4210  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		644	41.6550  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:				03 Dec 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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