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RNS Number : 0089Q Barclays PLC 07 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: 04 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: 1,554,619 1.57% 1,123,844 1.13%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 914,159 0.92% 1,340,720 1.35%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 2,468,778 2.49% 2,464,564 2.48%
(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 190,922 40.2273 GBP 39.8520 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 168,537 40.2082 GBP 39.8003 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 31,500 39.7853 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,000 39.8700 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 236 39.9994 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 541 40.0089 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 157 40.1000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 172 40.1293 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,129 40.1311 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,555 40.1379 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 162 40.1396 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,047 40.1453 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 595 40.1577 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 81 40.1593 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,076 40.1596 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 23,246 40.1599 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,336 40.1611 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 408 40.1612 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 41 40.1614 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,415 40.1639 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,346 40.1655 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 153 40.1666 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,567 40.1672 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 710 40.1717 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,134 40.1720 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 310 40.1729 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,475 40.1736 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,823 40.1781 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,936 40.1800 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2 40.0000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 218 40.0200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 52 40.1200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,935 40.1349 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,739 40.1353 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 321 40.1426 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,800 40.1480 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,524 40.1578 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 74 40.1597 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,196 40.1598 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 12,766 40.1600 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 97 40.1621 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,769 40.1640 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 6,811 40.1650 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,179 40.1652 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,229 40.1686 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,098 40.1741 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 16,838 40.1800 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 491 40.1831 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,801 40.2000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,601 40.2200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,800 40.2273 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 547 40.1516 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 4,483 40.1508 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,240 40.1737 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 245 40.1800 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: 07 Jul 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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