4th Jul 2025 10:58
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: |
| 03 Jul 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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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,513,035 | 1.52% | 1,103,950 | 1.11% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 894,686 | 0.90% | 1,339,636 | 1.35% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,407,721 | 2.42% | 2,443,586 | 2.46% |
(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 | 487,204 | 40.2201 GBP | 39.7800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 513,329 | 40.0000 GBP | 39.7600 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 | 20,000 | 39.7801 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 38,500 | 39.7853 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,000 | 39.8700 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30,000 | 39.9600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,440 | 40.0079 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,956 | 39.7200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 171 | 39.7977 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 70 | 39.8034 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 69 | 39.8037 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 180 | 39.8046 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 274 | 39.8142 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 608 | 39.8171 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 261 | 39.8200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,433 | 39.8232 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,752 | 39.8262 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,477 | 39.8271 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 394 | 39.8273 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,447 | 39.8298 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,106 | 39.8304 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,676 | 39.8305 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,275 | 39.8347 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 27,876 | 39.8420 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 460 | 39.8441 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,299 | 39.8447 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,370 | 39.8581 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,520 | 39.8665 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 101 | 39.8821 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 350 | 39.8885 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 33 | 39.8988 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 19 | 39.8994 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 494 | 39.9049 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 458 | 39.9059 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,066 | 39.9139 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,075 | 39.9356 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,540 | 39.9358 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,206 | 39.9439 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 43,711 | 40.0000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 10,000 | 39.8086 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,108 | 39.8206 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,969 | 39.8319 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 214 | 39.8342 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,724 | 39.8461 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 7,839 | 39.8719 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 108 | 39.8748 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50,000 | 39.8999 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 581 | 39.9000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,947 | 39.9125 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 25,000 | 39.9199 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 519 | 39.9243 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,488 | 39.9246 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26 | 39.9300 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,196 | 39.9560 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 97 | 39.9649 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 242 | 39.9652 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,479 | 39.9914 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 19,849 | 40.0000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50,000 | 40.0580 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 25,000 | 40.2201 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,469 | 39.8035 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,659 | 39.8431 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,737 | 39.8844 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,190 | 39.9000 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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(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: | 04 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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