Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

Jul 17 2025 15:03 BSTSource: RNS

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Barclays PLC

17 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:				16 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:			2,024,106	2.04%	741,251	0.75%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			566,977	0.57%	1,818,393	1.83%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			2,591,083	2.61%	2,559,644	2.58%
(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		425,233		39.8100 GBP	39.7172 GBP
5p ordinary		Sale		179,062		39.8100 GBP	39.7134 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		Increasing Short		179,969	39.7238 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,603	39.7134 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60	39.7300 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,433	39.7384 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,022	39.7400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,033	39.7457 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,356	39.7482 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,790	39.7492 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		336	39.7506 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,061	39.7522 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,225	39.7557 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		76	39.7600 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		433	39.7615 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27	39.7619 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,024	39.7620 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31	39.7696 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,360	39.7722 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		145	39.7778 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		146	39.7786 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		343	39.7794 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,827	39.7796 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10	39.7800 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		123	39.7900 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		612	39.8026 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32	39.7306 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,260	39.7345 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,876	39.7396 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,032	39.7400 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		520	39.7416 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,992	39.7516 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,132	39.7566 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,080	39.7595 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,518	39.7615 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,019	39.7645 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,980	39.7647 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		918	39.7763 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,998	39.7764 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		489	39.7765 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,916	39.7768 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,406	39.7774 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		657	39.7783 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,980	39.7812 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,477	39.7828 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,233	39.7906 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		600	39.7907 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,754	39.7929 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,742	39.7950 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		624	39.8000 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		343	39.8005 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,119	39.8006 GBP
5p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		487	39.8032 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		33,769	39.7400 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		11,722	39.7419 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		52,444	39.7433 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		328	39.7564 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		24,896	39.7674 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		873	39.7769 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		399	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		86,849	39.7400 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		91	39.7436 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,065	39.7487 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		34,874	39.7699 GBP
5p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		845	39.7783 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:				17 Jul 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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