16th Jun 2025 16:35
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) | |||||||
Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8147M published at 11:54 on 13/06/2025 changes made to section 2a and 3a | |||||||
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 | ADVENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 12 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 | ||||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 870,990 | 0.88% | 704,258 | 0.71% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 501,932 | 0.51% | 629,783 | 0.63% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 1,372,922 | 1.38% | 1,334,041 | 1.34% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| options) |
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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 | 276,620 | 32.5400 GBP | 32.0500 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 201,640 | 32.5400 GBP | 32.0000 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 Long | 2 | 32.0000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,603 | 32.1797 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 688 | 32.1800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 449 | 32.1829 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,442 | 32.1831 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 165 | 32.1849 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,403 | 32.1988 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,246 | 32.2031 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,018 | 32.2208 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 28 | 32.2238 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 814 | 32.2712 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,940 | 32.2725 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,923 | 32.2851 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,820 | 32.3057 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 562 | 32.3185 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,117 | 32.3346 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 10,330 | 32.3576 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 41 | 32.3607 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 548 | 32.3661 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 145 | 32.3677 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,081 | 32.3701 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14,191 | 32.3715 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 22,385 | 32.3744 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,498 | 32.3778 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 468 | 32.3789 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 62 | 32.3800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,413 | 32.3806 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 196 | 32.3823 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,805 | 32.3857 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,036 | 32.3949 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,964 | 32.3989 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,400 | 32.4124 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,083 | 32.4147 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 137 | 32.4396 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,298 | 32.4483 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 455 | 32.4822 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 672 | 32.4889 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,350 | 32.0817 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 124,998 | 32.1600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,158 | 32.1764 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,654 | 32.1800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8 | 32.1862 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,584 | 32.1864 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,382 | 32.1881 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1 | 32.1900 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,715 | 32.1913 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,521 | 32.2676 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,718 | 32.2815 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 32 | 32.3065 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 14,718 | 32.3087 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 360 | 32.3205 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 43 | 32.3600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 723 | 32.3750 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 80 | 32.3762 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 9,156 | 32.3886 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 31 | 32.3900 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,265 | 32.3939 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 101 | 32.4203 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 71 | 32.4204 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,813 | 32.4385 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,586 | 32.4675 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 629 | 32.1800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,468 | 32.2662 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,767 | 32.2849 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,173 | 32.3239 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 777 | 32.4200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,812 | 32.4348 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,352 | 32.2031 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 62 | 32.3916 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 93 | 32.4000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,189 | 32.4048 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 598 | 32.4800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 404 | 32.4913 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: | 16 Jun 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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