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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: |
| 30 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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| 1,378,748 | 1.39% | 656,545 | 0.66% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 452,055 | 0.46% | 1,165,398 | 1.17% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1,830,803 | 1.84% | 1,821,943 | 1.83% |
(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 | 259,174 | 38.6850 GBP | 38.3800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 246,980 | 38.7000 GBP | 38.3800 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 Long | 4,849 | 38.3800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 573 | 38.3820 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,914 | 38.3912 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5 | 38.3965 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 32,685 | 38.4081 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11,464 | 38.4093 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,732 | 38.4101 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 39 | 38.4200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 747 | 38.4218 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 194 | 38.4549 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 537 | 38.5031 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,014 | 38.5047 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 545 | 38.5056 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,398 | 38.5116 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,096 | 38.5300 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,011 | 38.5338 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,562 | 38.5366 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 265 | 38.5570 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,036 | 38.3800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,404 | 38.3876 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,109 | 38.4144 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 524 | 38.4370 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 233 | 38.4467 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,000 | 38.4496 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,550 | 38.4549 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,502 | 38.4550 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 152 | 38.4555 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,806 | 38.4571 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,234 | 38.4590 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 596 | 38.4623 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,000 | 38.4657 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,000 | 38.4676 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,815 | 38.4926 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,293 | 38.4961 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,433 | 38.5012 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,478 | 38.5083 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,218 | 38.5337 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 199 | 38.6400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 22,686 | 38.4762 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 955 | 38.3830 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 11,343 | 38.4762 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 621 | 38.7069 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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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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: | 01 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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