Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC.


    08 July 2025 11:35:59
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 1994Q
Barclays PLC
08 July 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:

 

07 Jul 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:

 

 

1,566,483

1.58%

1,125,636

1.13%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

915,113

0.92%

1,353,098

1.36%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

2,481,596

2.50%

2,478,734

2.50%

(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

219,576

40.1833  GBP

39.8000  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

209,504

40.2123  GBP

39.7984  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

6,842

39.7984  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

22,100

39.8000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

145

39.8475  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

985

39.8720  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7

39.8914  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,336

39.9138  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,112

39.9157  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,100

39.9442  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,522

39.9452  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

26

39.9523  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,806

39.9546  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

293

39.9561  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,835

39.9986  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

50

40.0000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

697

40.0459  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,007

40.0500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

933

40.0550  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,607

40.0555  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

349

40.0562  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

721

40.0705  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

528

40.1052  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,029

40.1112  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,990

39.8000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,161

39.8145  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,552

39.8341  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,000

39.8464  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,157

39.8563  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,440

39.9479  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,437

39.9576  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

106

39.9600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

960

39.9679  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

39.9815  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

37

39.9967  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,666

40.0192  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,646

40.0835  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,662

40.0840  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

655

40.1011  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1

40.1203  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,104

40.1360  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

8,039

40.1408  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

40.1490  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9

40.1533  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,896

40.1580  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

563

40.1833  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1

40.4000  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,224

39.9992  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:

08 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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