30th Sep 2025 10:50
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: |
| 29 Sep 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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| 4,076,941 | 4.10% | 424,154 | 0.43% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 387,974 | 0.39% | 4,016,840 | 4.04% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,464,915 | 4.49% | 4,440,994 | 4.47% |
(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 | 249,660 | 40.9481 GBP | 40.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 69,118 | 40.9165 GBP | 40.8600 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 | Decreasing Short | 241 | 40.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 472 | 40.8687 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36 | 40.8700 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,900 | 40.8779 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,257 | 40.8792 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,485 | 40.8800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,616 | 40.8802 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,730 | 40.8843 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,104 | 40.8847 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,463 | 40.8848 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 56 | 40.8864 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 456 | 40.8893 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 427 | 40.8930 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 550 | 40.8982 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 48 | 40.9000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,882 | 40.9034 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5 | 40.9400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14 | 40.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,743 | 40.8800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,749 | 40.8820 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 71 | 40.8832 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 53 | 40.8890 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 263 | 40.8900 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 35,000 | 40.8904 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 81 | 40.8920 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,759 | 40.8923 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,364 | 40.8945 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,979 | 40.8962 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 510 | 40.8972 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,321 | 40.8977 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 639 | 40.9000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,063 | 40.9062 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 196 | 40.9088 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 130 | 40.9096 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,508 | 40.9141 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 90,939 | 40.9143 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,272 | 40.9148 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,800 | 40.9150 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,510 | 40.9157 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,104 | 40.9169 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,305 | 40.9175 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 657 | 40.9199 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13 | 40.9407 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 28,802 | 40.9481 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3,296 | 40.8800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,332 | 40.9000 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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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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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: | 30 Sep 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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