26th Jun 2025 11:44
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: |
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(c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | SPECTRIS PLC | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 25 Jun 2025 | ||||
(e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 5p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,314,083 | 1.32% | 653,059 | 0.66% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 445,664 | 0.45% | 1,103,737 | 1.11% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| TOTAL: |
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| 1,759,747 | 1.77% | 1,756,796 | 1.77% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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5p ordinary | Purchase | 375,847 | 38.3800 GBP | 38.1400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 474,008 | 38.3800 GBP | 38.0809 GBP | |||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,251 | 38.2229 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,006 | 38.2230 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,920 | 38.0523 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 960 | 38.0623 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 960 | 38.0709 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 960 | 38.0755 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 22,368 | 38.0809 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,880 | 38.0823 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 960 | 38.1523 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 228 | 38.1586 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 809 | 38.1600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 77 | 38.1620 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 211 | 38.1622 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 960 | 38.1723 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 28,897 | 38.1743 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,445 | 38.1747 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,527 | 38.1760 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,320 | 38.1766 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,068 | 38.1810 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,102 | 38.1858 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 386 | 38.1887 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1 | 38.2000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,611 | 38.2045 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,422 | 38.2289 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 707 | 38.2349 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 663 | 38.2353 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,612 | 38.2358 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 235 | 38.2413 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8 | 38.2486 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,031 | 38.2575 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,487 | 38.2613 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 493 | 38.2786 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,307 | 38.2821 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 356 | 38.2989 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,610 | 38.2998 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 366 | 38.3009 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 437 | 38.3036 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 353 | 38.3371 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 91 | 38.1500 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,725 | 38.1590 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 49,547 | 38.1600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,185 | 38.1612 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,732 | 38.1664 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 21,919 | 38.1772 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 228 | 38.1862 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,360 | 38.1950 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 38.2000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 51,279 | 38.2178 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,860 | 38.2235 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 338 | 38.2350 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,713 | 38.2364 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,282 | 38.2426 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 60 | 38.2445 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,068 | 38.2447 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,464 | 38.2454 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,848 | 38.2484 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 961 | 38.2509 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 47,397 | 38.2536 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 24 | 38.2566 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 41 | 38.2600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 184 | 38.2800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,800 | 38.2844 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12 | 38.3000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 82 | 38.3300 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 156,401 | 38.1600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 14,861 | 38.1930 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 65,062 | 38.1933 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 38,346 | 38.2123 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 457 | 38.2573 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,367 | 38.2908 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 2,321 | 38.2994 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 6,843 | 38.1600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 10,290 | 38.1610 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 8,531 | 38.2117 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,307 | 38.2193 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,361 | 38.2600 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 26 Jun 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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