REG - Barclays PLC Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC
10/06/2025 12:00
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RNS Number : 2246M Barclays PLC 10 June 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 ADVENT INTERNATIONAL LP
principal trader is connected
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 09 Jun 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: 863,484 0.87% 853,503 0.86%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 639,866 0.64% 622,105 0.63%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,503,350 1.52% 1,475,608 1.49%
(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 646,210 34.7873 GBP 20.7548 GBP
5p ordinary Sale 774,536 34.9874 GBP 20.2420 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 Opening Long 9 20.3800 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 183 20.6136 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 549 21.5864 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,710 22.4225 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 236 24.5920 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 273 25.2764 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 658 26.1659 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,740 26.9377 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 200 27.5066 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 813 28.2906 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 394 28.4860 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 113 28.4968 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,206 29.0559 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,145 29.3971 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,216 29.6958 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 75 30.2913 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 163,585 30.3542 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 14 30.6500 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,301 30.7381 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 39,497 31.3393 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 13,666 31.9542 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,789 32.1154 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 6,903 32.2593 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,686 32.2974 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 26 32.6373 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 86,413 32.6400 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 181 32.6898 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 244 32.7995 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,007 32.8124 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 13,848 32.8301 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,380 32.8841 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 20,048 33.0556 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 11,053 33.0587 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,519 33.0797 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 800 33.0871 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 786 33.1357 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 708 33.1545 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,447 33.2338 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 16 33.2600 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 4,385 33.3520 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 1,843 33.3835 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 130 33.4953 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,433 33.5214 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,236 33.5544 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 9,315 33.7872 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3,644 34.2332 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 2,932 34.4165 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 3 34.5000 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 112 34.6067 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 35 34.6396 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 43,497 34.8563 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 45,000 34.9295 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Increasing Long 270 34.9874 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 10 20.2400 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 238 20.5112 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 53 20.5200 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,475 20.7548 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 421 20.8327 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 373 21.0420 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 795 21.4223 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,091 22.5342 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,509 23.5339 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,220 23.7890 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9 25.1805 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 264 25.2807 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,336 26.0586 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,301 26.8409 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 198 27.2683 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,592 29.3608 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 120 30.2170 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 8,802 30.6736 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 143 31.3086 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 568 31.5667 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 61 32.6400 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,705 32.6448 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,960 32.6861 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,307 32.6896 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 74,935 32.6905 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,503 32.7349 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 119 32.7642 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 228 32.7900 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 14,142 32.8302 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 4,800 32.8830 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,920 32.9065 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 31,933 32.9593 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 30,000 32.9600 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 86 33.0211 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 559 33.0281 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 2,801 33.2066 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1,451 33.4190 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 1 33.4500 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 308 33.6172 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 143 33.9869 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 667 34.0440 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 50,000 34.1799 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 653 34.1986 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 651 34.3163 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 18,257 34.3547 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 9,153 34.4600 GBP
5p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Long 3,848 34.5771 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Opening Long 8,078 29.3022 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 95,066 31.6134 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 22,062 32.0718 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Long 40,586 32.6400 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 1,072 20.5524 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 6,203 31.2324 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 288 32.6400 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 41,898 32.8064 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 88,258 32.8387 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 7,636 32.9168 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Decreasing Long 2,088 33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Opening Short 95,672 33.5038 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 11,530 33.5600 GBP
5p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 30,019 34.4945 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: 10 Jun 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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