22nd Sep 2025 11:10
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: |
| 19 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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| 3,042,307 | 3.06% | 250,334 | 0.25% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 213,286 | 0.21% | 3,001,960 | 3.02% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 3,255,593 | 3.28% | 3,252,294 | 3.27% |
(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 | 425,644 | 40.9580 GBP | 40.8000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 209,556 | 40.9200 GBP | 40.8200 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 | 3,535 | 40.8837 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,762 | 40.8484 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,412 | 40.8488 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,133 | 40.8600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,713 | 40.8634 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,554 | 40.8705 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 400 | 40.8800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,453 | 40.8830 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 859 | 40.8993 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,489 | 40.9141 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,714 | 40.9174 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,741 | 40.9200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 834 | 40.8063 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5 | 40.8280 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3 | 40.8400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 327 | 40.8416 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,171 | 40.8422 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,974 | 40.8536 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,137 | 40.8548 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 741 | 40.8565 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,980 | 40.8652 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,667 | 40.8694 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 658 | 40.8698 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,401 | 40.8700 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 48,339 | 40.8701 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,251 | 40.8729 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 85 | 40.8742 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,000 | 40.8800 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 202 | 40.8806 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,186 | 40.8809 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,397 | 40.8810 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 59,913 | 40.8837 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 547 | 40.8854 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,002 | 40.8907 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,826 | 40.8942 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,977 | 40.8951 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,454 | 40.9056 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 197 | 40.9088 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26,806 | 40.9198 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,393 | 40.9200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,230 | 40.9201 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 449 | 40.8750 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 66,240 | 40.8281 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 605 | 40.8436 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: | 22 Sep 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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