Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Jun 30 2025 11:50 BSTSource: RNS

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Barclays PLC

30 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:				27 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:			1,365,219	1.37%	655,210	0.66%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			450,704	0.45%	1,151,862	1.16%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			1,815,923	1.83%	1,807,072	1.82%
(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		177,570		38.9000 GBP	38.5400 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		172,002		38.8658 GBP	38.5400 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		7,939	38.5400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		499	38.5403 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,781	38.5447 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		8	38.6001 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		951	38.6150 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,920	38.6320 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		892	38.6403 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,656	38.6507 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		825	38.6701 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		7,844	38.6876 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9	38.7400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		655	38.7610 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,858	38.7762 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,365	38.7790 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,456	38.7806 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		205	38.7856 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		445	38.7867 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,758	38.7887 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		492	38.7890 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		508	38.8028 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,732	38.8154 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,830	38.8182 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		766	38.8292 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		91	38.8372 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		232	38.8379 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		114	38.6200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		840	38.6477 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		510	38.6671 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,761	38.6760 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		660	38.7172 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,989	38.7591 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		699	38.7594 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		210	38.7600 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		411	38.7800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,535	38.7894 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,290	38.7947 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,725	38.7984 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		40	38.8050 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,238	38.8284 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,848	38.8340 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		828	38.8628 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		45	38.8800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		125	38.8875 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27	38.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		928	38.7478 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,427	38.8250 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:				30 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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