Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

01 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:				30 Sep 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:			4,109,872	4.13%	425,595	0.43%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			389,515	0.39%	4,069,766	4.09%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,499,387	4.53%	4,495,361	4.52%
(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		89,746		41.0000  GBP	40.9092  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		58,256		41.0000  GBP	40.9000  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		1,691	40.9118  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		684	40.9196  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,941	40.9254  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,151	40.9295  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		849	40.9440  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		147	40.9597  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	40.9600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,515	40.9654  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,239	40.9770  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,948	41.0000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,000	40.8832  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,038	40.9032  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		503	40.9130  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		517	40.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		229	40.9203  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,578	40.9220  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		655	40.9247  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,036	40.9300  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,357	40.9359  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		610	40.9380  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,835	40.9397  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,343	40.9440  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,506	40.9452  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,965	40.9467  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,381	40.9469  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,935	40.9609  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,720	40.9700  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		467	40.9830  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		65	40.9852  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		272	40.9910  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,962	40.9920  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,427	40.9990  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,976	41.0000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,255	40.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		528	40.9801  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:				01 Oct 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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