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Barclays PLC, Spectris PLC

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6009Q
Barclays PLC
10 July 2025
 

FORM 8.5 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 5470Q published at 09:47 on 10/07/2025, changes made to section 2A,3A

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

 relevant securities this form relates:

SPECTRIS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

SPECTRIS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

03 Jul 2025

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

1,613,455

1.62%

1,135,065

1.14%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

894,686

0.90%

1,339,636

1.35%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,508,141

2.52%

2,474,701

2.49%

 








(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)

Purchase and sales

 






Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

5p ordinary

Purchase

587,624

40.2201  GBP

39.7800  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

544,444

40.0000  GBP

39.7600  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,000

39.7801  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38,500

39.7853  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,000

39.8700  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30,000

39.9600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,440

40.0079  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,956

39.7200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

171

39.7977  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

70

39.8034  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

69

39.8037  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

180

39.8046  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

274

39.8142  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

608

39.8171  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

261

39.8200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,433

39.8232  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,752

39.8262  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,477

39.8271  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

394

39.8273  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,447

39.8298  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,106

39.8304  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,676

39.8305  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,275

39.8347  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,876

39.8420  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

460

39.8441  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,299

39.8447  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,370

39.8581  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,520

39.8665  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

101

39.8821  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

350

39.8885  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33

39.8988  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19

39.8994  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

494

39.9049  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

458

39.9059  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,066

39.9139  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,075

39.9356  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,540

39.9358  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,206

39.9439  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,711

40.0000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,000

39.8086  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,108

39.8206  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,969

39.8319  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

214

39.8342  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,724

39.8461  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,839

39.8719  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

108

39.8748  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,000

39.8999  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

581

39.9000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,947

39.9125  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,000

39.9199  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

519

39.9243  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,488

39.9246  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26

39.9300  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

39.9560  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

97

39.9649  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

242

39.9652  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,479

39.9914  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,849

40.0000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,000

40.0580  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,000

40.2201  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,469

39.8035  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,659

39.8431  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,737

39.8844  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,190

39.9000  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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:

10-Jul-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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