Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Barclays PLC

21 August 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:				20 Aug 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:			2,781,556	2.80%	411,731	0.41%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			194,018	0.20%	2,569,951	2.59%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			2,975,574	3.00%	2,981,682	3.00%
(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		264,486		40.4468  GBP	40.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		262,259		40.4400  GBP	40.2943  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		5,017	40.3819  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9	40.2600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		157	40.2993  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		480	40.2995  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,062	40.3048  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,601	40.3351  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,134	40.3462  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,201	40.3517  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49	40.3581  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,522	40.3655  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,357	40.3745  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15	40.3786  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		53	40.3796  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36	40.3800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,000	40.3899  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57	40.3901  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		153	40.3928  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		92	40.3980  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,777	40.3991  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,713	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	40.4162  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	40.2800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,077	40.3127  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,528	40.3518  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		521	40.3588  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		749	40.3591  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4	40.3600  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,991	40.3643  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,375	40.3661  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		740	40.3680  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68	40.3717  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,407	40.3721  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,005	40.3791  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	40.3800  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		119	40.3803  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,712	40.3841  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,447	40.3858  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,859	40.3859  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		106	40.3872  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,129	40.3876  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		831	40.3883  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		946	40.3912  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		187	40.3913  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,045	40.3919  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,605	40.3950  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		116	40.3996  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,144	40.4000  GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,863	40.4468  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,835	40.3771  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,373	40.3774  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,237	40.3735  GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		104	40.3940  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:				21 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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