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 3835Q  published at 11:19 on 09/07/2025, 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:			08 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:				1,656,407	1.66%	1,114,028	1.12%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				928,176	0.93%	1,343,016	1.35%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				2,584,583	2.59%	2,457,044	2.47%
(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	334312	40.0088  GBP	39.8528  GBP
5p ordinary	Sale	302780	40.0000  GBP	39.8400  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	Decreasing Short	10,000	39.8640  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,000	39.9180  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	92	39.8400  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	38	39.8600  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	26	39.8715  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,221	39.8729  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	148	39.8732  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	30,297	39.8800  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,719	39.8869  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	752	39.8884  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	9,354	39.8939  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	4,537	39.8973  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,683	39.8975  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,411	39.8983  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,166	39.9001  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,523	39.9034  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	334	39.9069  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	2,702	39.9198  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	48	39.9241  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	722	39.9297  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	774	39.9454  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	56	39.9600  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,041	39.9658  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	112	39.9850  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	461	39.9900  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	287	39.8528  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	19	39.8600  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,800	39.8799  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	16,526	39.8800  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	59	39.8810  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	676	39.8815  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	23	39.8834  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,400	39.8879  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,400	39.8999  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,995	39.9003  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,404	39.9043  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,400	39.9079  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,400	39.9179  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,196	39.9194  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	828	39.9229  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	820	39.9310  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,234	39.9314  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,404	39.9318  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	14,292	39.9364  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	4,509	39.9467  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,586	39.9504  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	635	39.9561  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	73	39.9623  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	1,879	39.9668  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,014	39.9686  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	2,400	39.9874  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	3,349	39.9911  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	9	40.0000  GBP
5p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	654	40.0088  GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	6,619	39.9378  GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Opening Short	1,890	39.8800  GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,430	39.8831  GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	100	39.9024  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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