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Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

6th Nov 2025 10:52

RNS Number : 5044G
Barclays PLC
06 November 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:

 

05 Nov 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:

 

 

4,604,181

4.63%

612,789

0.62%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

580,261

0.58%

4,556,274

4.58%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

5,184,442

5.22%

5,169,063

5.20%

(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

278,396

41.1600 GBP

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

262,869

41.1600 GBP

41.0994 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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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:

06 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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