6th Nov 2025 10:52
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: |
| 05 Nov 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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| 4,604,181 | 4.63% | 612,789 | 0.62% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 580,261 | 0.58% | 4,556,274 | 4.58% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 5,184,442 | 5.22% | 5,169,063 | 5.20% |
(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 | 278,396 | 41.1600 GBP | 41.1000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 262,869 | 41.1600 GBP | 41.0994 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 | 915 | 41.1267 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 797 | 41.1268 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 466 | 41.0993 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,417 | 41.1012 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,119 | 41.1014 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 662 | 41.1053 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 48 | 41.1078 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,025 | 41.1102 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,039 | 41.1121 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,084 | 41.1189 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,438 | 41.1200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,899 | 41.1207 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,090 | 41.1222 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19 | 41.1239 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,072 | 41.1250 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 465 | 41.1287 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,548 | 41.1296 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 650 | 41.1315 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 839 | 41.1333 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 654 | 41.1367 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,926 | 41.1400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,012 | 41.1097 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 520 | 41.1102 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 889 | 41.1109 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 714 | 41.1148 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,633 | 41.1184 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,281 | 41.1188 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,418 | 41.1200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 200,000 | 41.1205 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,004 | 41.1210 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,719 | 41.1213 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 752 | 41.1214 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,812 | 41.1220 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,169 | 41.1228 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,236 | 41.1267 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 438 | 41.1334 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,095 | 41.1360 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,327 | 41.1403 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 717 | 41.1428 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 821 | 41.1457 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 212,561 | 41.0994 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: | 06 Nov 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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