23rd Jun 2025 11:37
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: |
| 20 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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| 1,375,664 | 1.39% | 796,652 | 0.80% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 574,133 | 0.58% | 1,165,042 | 1.17% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1,949,797 | 1.96% | 1,961,694 | 1.98% |
(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 | 815,777 | 33.5400 GBP | 32.8200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 487,526 | 33.5400 GBP | 32.8195 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 | 609 | 32.9735 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 947 | 32.9736 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 130,000 | 33.2253 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,060 | 33.3126 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 421 | 33.3127 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 20,000 | 33.4534 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,000 | 32.8167 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 985 | 32.8195 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,552 | 32.8200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,255 | 32.8363 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 820 | 32.9398 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,191 | 32.9721 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 37 | 33.0400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 498 | 33.1134 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 729 | 33.1278 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,607 | 33.2956 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14 | 33.4197 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 34 | 33.4500 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 382 | 33.4503 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,563 | 33.4524 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 12,485 | 33.4537 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 570 | 33.4588 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 840 | 33.4603 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 327 | 33.4683 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,440 | 33.4702 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 486 | 33.4803 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 945 | 33.4811 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5 | 33.4893 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,084 | 33.4920 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 99 | 33.5000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 68 | 33.5014 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 582 | 33.5362 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,645 | 33.5397 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 154,539 | 32.8200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,345 | 32.8216 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,225 | 32.8446 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,199 | 32.8568 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,936 | 32.8798 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 42 | 32.9438 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,475 | 33.0128 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,477 | 33.0294 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 354 | 33.1005 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,337 | 33.1340 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,957 | 33.1454 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 552 | 33.4292 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,337 | 33.4294 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 282 | 33.4349 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,584 | 33.4403 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 209 | 33.4495 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,041 | 33.4535 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 490 | 33.4599 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 527 | 33.4719 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 397 | 33.4766 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 301 | 33.4784 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5 | 33.4906 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 15 | 33.5100 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 84 | 33.5400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,225 | 33.4468 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,314 | 33.4604 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,706 | 33.4642 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 653 | 33.4806 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 12,067 | 32.8200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,616 | 32.8229 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,807 | 33.4810 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 787 | 33.4939 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: | 23 Jun 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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