REG - Barclays PLC Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

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RNS Number : 4461P  Barclays PLC  02 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:                                                        01 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:                                                        1,427,341           1.44%            732,789                 0.74%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        527,785             0.53%            1,213,436               1.22%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    1,955,126           1.97%            1,946,225               1.96%
 (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                                273,672                              38.4200  GBP            38.2600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    301,323                              38.4200  GBP            38.2000  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 Long                      555                     38.2500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      446                     38.2681  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,272                   38.2980  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      3                       38.2986  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      9,856                   38.3000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,674                   38.3009  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,468                   38.3024  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      2,882                   38.3165  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      2,005                   38.3172  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      8,442                   38.3177  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      682                     38.3262  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      251                     38.3288  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      151                     38.3290  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      19,095                  38.3346  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      5,417                   38.3363  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      356                     38.3397  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      192                     38.3414  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      250                     38.3420  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      2,323                   38.3467  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      82                      38.3500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      2,154                   38.3543  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      1,624                   38.3575  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      436                     38.3583  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      424                     38.3604  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      18                      38.3744  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      159                     38.3800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Long                      78                      38.3848  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,669                   38.3000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,138                   38.3058  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      239                     38.3100  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      2,537                   38.3133  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      154                     38.3138  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      3,293                   38.3349  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      1,608                   38.3359  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      49,000                  38.3370  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      318                     38.3430  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      12,513                  38.3431  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      5,214                   38.3445  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      593                     38.3486  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      4,062                   38.3521  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      3,531                   38.3533  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      2,491                   38.3542  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      12,825                  38.3551  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      176                     38.3581  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      30                      38.3600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      7,174                   38.3690  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Long                      18                      38.3700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     4,234                   38.3122  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     8,145                   38.3245  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Opening Long                         29,993                  38.3365  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Long                      24,278                  38.3784  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Long                      670                     38.3870  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:                                                                        02 Jul 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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