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

SpectrisAnnouncement

30/07/2025 12:00

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RNS Number : 2130T  Barclays PLC  30 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:                                                        29 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:                                                        3,073,118           3.09%            475,802                 0.48%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        272,019             0.27%            2,860,456               2.88%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    3,345,137           3.37%            3,336,258               3.36%
 (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                                319,323                              39.8845  GBP            39.7400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    275,557                              39.8800  GBP            39.7361  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                     40,000                  39.7361  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,000                   39.7480  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     645                     39.7492  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,124                   39.7506  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     82                      39.7520  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,918                   39.7522  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1                       39.7600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     245                     39.7607  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     911                     39.7703  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,817                   39.7719  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,537                   39.7720  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,294                   39.7721  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     625                     39.7798  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,380                   39.7803  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,820                   39.7846  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     572                     39.7900  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,065                   39.7954  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     184                     39.7994  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     618                     39.8094  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     2,392                   39.8159  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     303                     39.8190  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,367                   39.8271  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     19                      39.8273  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     283                     39.8424  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     47                      39.8485  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     759                     39.8562  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,432                   39.8692  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7                       39.8784  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,264                   39.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     36                      39.7422  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     77                      39.7472  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,281                   39.7658  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     767                     39.7760  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     159                     39.7890  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,171                   39.7891  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     9,582                   39.7912  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     21                      39.8002  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     143                     39.8005  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     50                      39.8006  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     445                     39.8015  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,721                   39.8056  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     512                     39.8081  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     139                     39.8461  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     591                     39.8476  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22                      39.8609  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     55                      39.8636  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     36,373                  39.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     560                     39.8820  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,400                   39.8845  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     199                     39.7600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     762                     39.7792  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     35,392                  39.8509  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     610                     39.8576  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     4,501                   39.7631  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     8,082                   39.7758  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     33,988                  39.7899  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     1,571                   39.7911  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     80,624                  39.7998  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     953                     39.8157  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     141                     39.8480  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:                                                                        30 Jul 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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