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

SpectrisAnnouncement

30/09/2025 11:00

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RNS Number : 4245B  Barclays PLC  30 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:                                                        29 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:                                                        4,076,941           4.10%            424,154                 0.43%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        387,974             0.39%            4,016,840               4.04%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    4,464,915           4.49%            4,440,994               4.47%
 (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                                249,660                              40.9481  GBP            40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    69,118                               40.9165  GBP            40.8600  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                     241                     40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     472                     40.8687  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     36                      40.8700  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,900                   40.8779  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7,257                   40.8792  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     12,485                  40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,616                   40.8802  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,730                   40.8843  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,104                   40.8847  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,463                   40.8848  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     56                      40.8864  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     456                     40.8893  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     427                     40.8930  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     550                     40.8982  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     48                      40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,882                  40.9034  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5                       40.9400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     14                      40.8600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     17,743                  40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,749                   40.8820  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     71                      40.8832  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     53                      40.8890  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     263                     40.8900  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     35,000                  40.8904  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     81                      40.8920  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,759                   40.8923  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,364                   40.8945  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,979                   40.8962  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     510                     40.8972  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,321                   40.8977  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     639                     40.9000  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,063                   40.9062  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     196                     40.9088  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     130                     40.9096  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,508                   40.9141  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     90,939                  40.9143  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     12,272                  40.9148  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,800                   40.9150  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,510                   40.9157  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,104                   40.9169  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,305                   40.9175  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     657                     40.9199  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13                      40.9407  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     28,802                  40.9481  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     3,296                   40.8800  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     2,332                   40.9000  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 Sep 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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