Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC.


    16 June 2025 11:48:56
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RNS Number : 0160N
Barclays PLC
16 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:

 

13 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:

 

 

882,598

0.89%

743,325

0.75%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

543,588

0.55%

647,248

0.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

1,426,186

1.44%

1,390,573

1.40%

(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

229,919

31.9600  GBP

31.5600  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

257,378

31.9099  GBP

31.5800  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

621

31.5784  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,444

31.5800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,843

31.5864  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,874

31.5987  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

343

31.6092  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,863

31.6235  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

590

31.6376  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

903

31.6603  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

18,893

31.6802  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

17

31.6917  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,133

31.6918  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

574

31.6922  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,818

31.7189  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

53

31.7195  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7

31.7200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,271

31.7212  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,215

31.7217  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,679

31.7281  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

35,054

31.7494  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

293

31.7574  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,176

31.7623  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

925

31.7644  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

643

31.7670  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,946

31.7683  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

727

31.7685  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,344

31.7742  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,098

31.7744  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28

31.7800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

142

31.7839  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,784

31.7865  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

96

31.8218  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1

31.8600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

590

31.8736  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

52

31.8750  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,503

31.5800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,229

31.5814  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,379

31.5857  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

124

31.5872  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,964

31.6083  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

364

31.6157  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

29

31.6202  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,339

31.6298  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

41

31.6400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

960

31.6597  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

183

31.6603  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,745

31.6644  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,449

31.6652  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,034

31.6655  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,299

31.6703  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

163

31.6896  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

356

31.6923  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

485

31.7055  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,979

31.7093  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,332

31.7308  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

461

31.7547  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,288

31.7762  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

33,549

31.8552  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

318

31.8555  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

960

31.9042  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1

31.9600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,268

32.3721  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,081

31.5800  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

116

31.6200  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

175

31.6409  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,464

31.6741  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,584

31.7753  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

159

31.7847  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1

31.6200  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,000

31.6774  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

879

31.7400  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

52

31.7800  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,694

31.8405  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:

16 Jun 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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