2nd Dec 2025 10:37
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: |
| 01 Dec 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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| 6,993,366 | 7.03% | 621,442 | 0.63% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 617,160 | 0.62% | 6,982,334 | 7.02% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 7,610,526 | 7.66% | 7,603,776 | 7.65% |
(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 | 2,712,230 | 41.3654 GBP | 41.3200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 117,197 | 41.3800 GBP | 41.3200 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 | 125,000 | 41.3441 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 775,044 | 41.3500 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,736 | 41.3547 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,719 | 41.3200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,363 | 41.3226 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,400 | 41.3256 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 120 | 41.3300 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,943 | 41.3321 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,994 | 41.3387 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,150 | 41.3396 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,214 | 41.3411 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,609 | 41.3433 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7 | 41.3485 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 56 | 41.3521 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,256 | 41.3556 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,607 | 41.3596 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11 | 41.3654 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4 | 41.3312 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,185 | 41.3321 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,166 | 41.3333 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 40,040 | 41.3361 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 83,693 | 41.3382 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,656 | 41.3399 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 30,137 | 41.3400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 53,023 | 41.3413 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,226 | 41.3449 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,425 | 41.3451 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,910 | 41.3473 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 801 | 41.3487 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,231 | 41.3505 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 445,287 | 41.3509 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,029,612 | 41.3514 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,948 | 41.3528 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,200 | 41.3550 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,551 | 41.3554 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13 | 41.3558 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,300 | 41.3568 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,398 | 41.3572 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 546 | 41.3581 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,837 | 41.3600 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,549 | 41.3628 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 105 | 41.3504 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 144 | 41.3231 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,301 | 41.3428 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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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: | 02 Dec 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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