Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC REPLACEMENT

Barclays PLC

10 July 2025

 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)  Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 5551Q  published at 11:05 on 10/07/2025, changes made to section 2A
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  relevant securities this form relates:			SPECTRIS PLC
(c)	Name of the party to the offer with which exempt  principal trader is connected			SPECTRIS PLC
(d)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:			07 Jul 2025
(e)	In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal  trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				1,666,483	1.67%	1,155,636	1.16%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				915,113	0.92%	1,353,098	1.36%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,581,596	2.59%	2,508,734	2.52%
(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Total number of  securities	Highest price per unit  paid/received	Lowest price per unit  paid/received
5p ordinary	Purchase	219576	40.1833  GBP	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	209504	40.2123  GBP	39.7984  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,842	39.7984  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	22,100	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	145	39.8475  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	985	39.8720  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	7	39.8914  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,336	39.9138  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,112	39.9157  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,100	39.9442  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,522	39.9452  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	26	39.9523  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,806	39.9546  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	293	39.9561  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,835	39.9986  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	50	40.0000  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	697	40.0459  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	6,007	40.0500  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	933	40.0550  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,607	40.0555  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	349	40.0562  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	721	40.0705  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	528	40.1052  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,029	40.1112  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,990	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7,161	39.8145  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,552	39.8341  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	10,000	39.8464  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,157	39.8563  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,440	39.9479  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,437	39.9576  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	106	39.9600  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	960	39.9679  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,196	39.9815  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	37	39.9967  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,666	40.0192  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,646	40.0835  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,662	40.0840  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	655	40.1011  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1	40.1203  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7,104	40.1360  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	8,039	40.1408  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,400	40.1490  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9	40.1533  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	12,896	40.1580  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	563	40.1833  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	7,224	39.9992  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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:				10-Jul-25
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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