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Barclays PLC, Spectris PLC

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6012Q
Barclays PLC
10 July 2025
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 5477Q  published at 09:47 on 10/07/2025, changes made to section 2A

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:

04 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:

1,654,619

1.66%

1,153,844

1.16%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

914,159

0.92%

1,340,720

1.35%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,568,778

2.58%

2,494,564

2.51%

 








(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

190922

40.2273  GBP

39.8520  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

168537

40.2082  GBP

39.8003  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

31,500

39.7853  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,000

39.8700  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

236

39.9994  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

541

40.0089  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

157

40.1000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

172

40.1293  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,129

40.1311  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,555

40.1379  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

162

40.1396  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,047

40.1453  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

595

40.1577  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

81

40.1593  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,076

40.1596  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

23,246

40.1599  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,336

40.1611  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

408

40.1612  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

41

40.1614  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,415

40.1639  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,346

40.1655  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

153

40.1666  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,567

40.1672  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

710

40.1717  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,134

40.1720  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

310

40.1729  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,475

40.1736  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,823

40.1781  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,936

40.1800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2

40.0000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

218

40.0200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

52

40.1200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,935

40.1349  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,739

40.1353  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

321

40.1426  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,800

40.1480  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,524

40.1578  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

74

40.1597  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

40.1598  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,766

40.1600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

97

40.1621  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,769

40.1640  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

6,811

40.1650  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,179

40.1652  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,229

40.1686  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,098

40.1741  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,838

40.1800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

491

40.1831  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,801

40.2000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9,601

40.2200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,800

40.2273  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

547

40.1516  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,483

40.1508  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,240

40.1737  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

245

40.1800  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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