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Barclays PLC, Spectris PLC

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC - Replacement

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6019Q
Barclays PLC
10 July 2025
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)  Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3835Q  published at 11:19 on 09/07/2025, 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:

08 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:

1,656,407

1.66%

1,114,028

1.12%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

928,176

0.93%

1,343,016

1.35%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

2,584,583

2.59%

2,457,044

2.47%

 








(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

334312

40.0088  GBP

39.8528  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

302780

40.0000  GBP

39.8400  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

10,000

39.8640  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,000

39.9180  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

92

39.8400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

38

39.8600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

26

39.8715  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,221

39.8729  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

148

39.8732  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

30,297

39.8800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,719

39.8869  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

752

39.8884  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

9,354

39.8939  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,537

39.8973  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,683

39.8975  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,411

39.8983  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,166

39.9001  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,523

39.9034  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

334

39.9069  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,702

39.9198  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

48

39.9241  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

722

39.9297  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

774

39.9454  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

56

39.9600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,041

39.9658  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

112

39.9850  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

461

39.9900  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

287

39.8528  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19

39.8600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,800

39.8799  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,526

39.8800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

59

39.8810  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

676

39.8815  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23

39.8834  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.8879  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.8999  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,995

39.9003  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,404

39.9043  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.9079  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.9179  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

39.9194  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

828

39.9229  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

820

39.9310  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,234

39.9314  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,404

39.9318  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

14,292

39.9364  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,509

39.9467  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,586

39.9504  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

635

39.9561  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

73

39.9623  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,879

39.9668  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,014

39.9686  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,400

39.9874  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,349

39.9911  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

9

40.0000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

654

40.0088  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

6,619

39.9378  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

1,890

39.8800  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,430

39.8831  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

100

39.9024  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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