Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Jul 14 2025 11:29 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 9299Q

Barclays PLC

14 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:				11 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:			1,811,501	1.82%	907,193	0.91%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			731,034	0.74%	1,606,935	1.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,542,535	2.56%	2,514,128	2.53%
(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		370,559		39.9079 GBP	39.8000 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		246,296		39.9071 GBP	39.7986 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		Decreasing Short		5,331	39.7986 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,492	39.8000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,170	39.8191 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55	39.8305 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,533	39.8409 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,331	39.8449 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		412	39.8519 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41	39.8590 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23	39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,618	39.8693 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		134	39.8707 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		728	39.8721 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52	39.8800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		303	39.8887 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		286	39.8890 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,436	39.8919 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,041	39.8986 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		108	39.9018 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,724	39.8000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,644	39.8199 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		165	39.8203 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		121	39.8215 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49	39.8244 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,000	39.8253 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,000	39.8295 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11	39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58	39.8641 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66	39.8656 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,290	39.8670 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		451	39.8700 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23	39.8704 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,117	39.8727 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,520	39.8861 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		136	39.8869 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,475	39.8887 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,327	39.8905 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		465	39.8910 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		379	39.8926 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,903	39.8950 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		666	39.8966 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,512	39.8971 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,345	39.8995 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		107	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30	39.9002 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	39.9003 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		728	39.9027 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,504	39.9041 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,400	39.9079 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		9,570	39.8000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		69,074	39.8092 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,290	39.8747 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		6,531	39.8776 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		83,696	39.8000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		368	39.8652 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		238	39.8958 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		301	39.9023 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:				14 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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