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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

10th Jul 2025 11:36

RNS Number : 5765Q
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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