Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Aug 08 2025 11:15 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 6053U

Barclays PLC

08 August 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:				07 Aug 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:			3,063,015	3.08%	594,514	0.60%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			415,687	0.42%	2,877,717	2.90%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			3,478,702	3.50%	3,472,231	3.50%
(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		411804		41.6400 GBP	41.2996 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		452892		41.6400 GBP	41.2800 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		7,500	41.0589 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	41.0988 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,000	41.3286 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,000	41.3386 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,950	41.5210 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,686	41.3316 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		538	41.3640 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64	41.3718 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		266	41.3744 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		735	41.3793 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,238	41.4025 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		283	41.4137 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,800	41.4517 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,341	41.4679 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,489	41.4921 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29	41.4993 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		849	41.5124 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		307	41.5179 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,736	41.5209 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,594	41.5484 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	41.5486 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,112	41.5517 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		844	41.5604 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51	41.5666 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,264	41.5774 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		277	41.5800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,366	41.5820 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,004	41.5861 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,487	41.5979 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,285	41.6000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,829	41.6006 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,887	41.3000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		735	41.3003 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,274	41.3020 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,686	41.3592 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		872	41.4650 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		245	41.4656 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,839	41.4674 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,188	41.4706 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,561	41.4746 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44	41.4927 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,648	41.4968 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,062	41.4991 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		101	41.5000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,033	41.5097 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,930	41.5114 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,078	41.5185 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		388	41.5210 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		207	41.5333 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73	41.5498 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23	41.5528 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,936	41.5603 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,863	41.5697 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,179	41.5728 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		958	41.5830 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55	41.5885 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,405	41.5886 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		713	41.5949 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,871	41.6000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29	41.6006 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		962	41.6282 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,886	41.2926 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		119	41.4659 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		79,117	41.5197 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,455	41.5307 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,895	41.5543 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		54,012	41.6000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,816	41.6109 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		26,394	41.3000 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		36,175	41.3635 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		49,434	41.4935 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,898	41.5319 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		25,632	41.5990 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,500	41.3789 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:				08 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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