Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

10 July 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:				09 Jul 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:			1,726,881	1.74%	1,034,199	1.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			885,991	0.89%	1,521,668	1.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,612,872	2.63%	2,555,867	2.57%
(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		359,052		40.0179  GBP	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		208,749		39.9600  GBP	39.8000  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		55,481	39.9236  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,428	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,097	39.8114  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		11	39.8200  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		126	39.8376  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,387	39.8389  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		66	39.8395  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,206	39.8447  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,297	39.8482  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,532	39.8518  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,276	39.8525  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		580	39.8579  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		404	39.8675  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		91	39.8794  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		639	39.8835  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		220	39.8868  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37	39.8882  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,103	39.8982  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,784	39.9011  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		545	39.9012  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		62	39.9164  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		434	39.9190  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		30	39.9400  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,972	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		97	39.8005  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,400	39.8199  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		97	39.8367  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15	39.8426  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,599	39.8457  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		639	39.8463  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,095	39.8531  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		124	39.8638  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,196	39.8721  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,643	39.8805  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		13,379	39.8857  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,540	39.8973  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		35,000	39.8997  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		15,000	39.8998  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,400	39.8999  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		547	39.9002  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,259	39.9033  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		495	39.9107  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,966	39.9139  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,702	39.9141  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,964	39.9156  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		694	39.9158  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,482	39.9188  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		70,000	39.9199  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		731	39.9206  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		789	39.9256  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		434	39.9670  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,400	40.0179  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Opening Long		49,275	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		24,753	39.8342  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		16,716	39.8806  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,554	39.8862  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,497	39.8000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		31,735	39.8004  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		400	39.8400  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		354	39.8424  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		37,863	39.9000  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		425	39.9200  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		76	39.9423  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:				10 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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