Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC.


    13 June 2025 23:11:21
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Barclays PLC
13 June 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

 

 ADVENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

12 Jun 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:

 

 

867,722

0.87%

704,258

0.71%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

501,932

0.51%

629,783

0.63%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

1,369,654

1.38%

1,334,041

1.34%

(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

273,352

32.5400  GBP

32.0500  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

201,640

32.5400  GBP

32.0000  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 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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:

13 Jun 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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