Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC.


    27 June 2025 11:28:52
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Barclays PLC
27 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

SPECTRIS PLC

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

26 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:

 

 

1,367,053

1.38%

662,612

0.67%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

455,217

0.46%

1,153,698

1.16%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

1,822,270

1.84%

1,816,310

1.83%

(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

269,985

38.7800  GBP

38.1400  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

226,568

38.7600  GBP

38.1400  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 Short

483

38.6526  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,292

38.1769  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

129

38.1825  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

536

38.3133  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43

38.3234  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

611

38.4726  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,321

38.4729  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

641

38.4733  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,084

38.4858  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,578

38.5910  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,104

38.5931  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,543

38.6005  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

970

38.6153  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,400

38.6173  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

233

38.6250  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,400

38.6322  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,817

38.6324  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,380

38.6371  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,409

38.6437  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

199

38.6538  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,400

38.6545  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

44

38.6600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

311

38.6611  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

163

38.6639  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

54

38.6686  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,400

38.6782  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,739

38.6951  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,029

38.6971  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,916

38.6986  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14,456

38.7206  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,401

38.7447  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,906

38.7600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

319

38.1400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

743

38.1600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

86

38.3200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

402

38.3764  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

91

38.4584  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

248

38.4745  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,251

38.5138  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,545

38.5356  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

184

38.5600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,542

38.5614  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

854

38.5667  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

34,151

38.5788  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,780

38.5883  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,000

38.6515  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

233

38.6664  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,868

38.6785  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6

38.6802  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18

38.7164  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,279

38.7440  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,926

38.7600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,000

38.7842  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

458

38.4030  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,401

38.5514  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

965

38.7630  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:

27 Jun 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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