Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC - Replacement – Company Announcement

Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC - Replacement

Jul 10 2025 14:58 BSTSource: 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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