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

SpectrisAnnouncement

19/09/2025 12:00

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RNS Number : 0940A  Barclays PLC  19 September 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:                                               18 Sep 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:                                                        2,852,492     2.87%         276,607       0.28%
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                           258,056       0.26%         2,790,396     2.81%
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                     0             0.00%         0             0.00%
 purchase/sell:
                                                                                                         3,110,548     3.13%         3,067,003     3.09%

 TOTAL:

 

 (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)                Purchase 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                   215679                         40.9664  GBP               40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary        Sale                       73844                          41.0200  GBP               40.9000  GBP

 (b)                Cash-settled derivative transactions
 Class of           Product  description       Nature of dealing              Number of                  Price per

 relevant
 reference
 unit

 security
 securities
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               3,559                      40.9228  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               202                        40.8994  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               20,338                     40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               2,704                      40.9023  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               102                        40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               86                         40.9207  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               1,043                      40.9291  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               625                        40.9625  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               38                         40.9642  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Decreasing Short               222                        40.9819  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               75,748                     40.8207  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               36                         40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               554                        40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               1,059                      40.9006  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               743                        40.9068  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               317                        40.9105  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               1,122                      40.9121  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               2,827                      40.9181  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               328                        40.9200  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               250                        40.9261  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               5,214                      40.9272  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               5,546                      40.9295  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               4,240                      40.9296  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               12,111                     40.9318  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               399                        40.9379  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               868                        40.9423  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               28,366                     40.9469  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               18                         40.9488  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               927                        40.9566  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               5,435                      40.9572  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               7,248                      40.9576  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               1,177                      40.9658  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               2,359                      40.9664  GBP
 5p ordinary        SWAP                       Increasing Short               3,332                      40.9717  GBP
 5p ordinary        CFD                        Decreasing Short               648                        40.9243  GBP
 5p ordinary        CFD                        Increasing Short               14                         40.9235  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:                                                                                     19 Sep 2025
 Contact name:                                                                                           Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                                       020 3134 7213

 

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