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

SpectrisAnnouncement

02/12/2025 10:45

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RNS Number : 8912J  Barclays PLC  02 December 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 Dec 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:                                                        6,993,366           7.03%            621,442                 0.63%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                        617,160             0.62%            6,982,334               7.02%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                          0                   0.00%            0                       0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                    7,610,526           7.66%            7,603,776               7.65%
 (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                                2,712,230                            41.3654  GBP            41.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        Sale                                    117,197                              41.3800  GBP            41.3200  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 Short                     125,000                 41.3441  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     775,044                 41.3500  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,736                   41.3547  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11,719                  41.3200  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,363                   41.3226  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     5,400                   41.3256  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     120                     41.3300  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     9,943                   41.3321  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,994                   41.3387  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     1,150                   41.3396  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,214                   41.3411  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     6,609                   41.3433  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     7                       41.3485  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     56                      41.3521  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     3,256                   41.3556  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     4,607                   41.3596  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Decreasing Short                     11                      41.3654  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     4                       41.3312  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     6,185                   41.3321  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,166                   41.3333  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     40,040                  41.3361  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     83,693                  41.3382  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     17,656                  41.3399  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     30,137                  41.3400  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     53,023                  41.3413  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,226                   41.3449  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     7,425                   41.3451  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,910                   41.3473  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     801                     41.3487  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,231                   41.3505  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     445,287                 41.3509  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,029,612               41.3514  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     3,948                   41.3528  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,200                   41.3550  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     1,551                   41.3554  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     13                      41.3558  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     2,300                   41.3568  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     5,398                   41.3572  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     546                     41.3581  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     22,837                  41.3600  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        SWAP                                    Increasing Short                     11,549                  41.3628  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Decreasing Short                     105                     41.3504  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     144                     41.3231  GBP
 5p ordinary                                        CFD                                     Increasing Short                     1,301                   41.3428  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 Dec 2025
 Contact name:                                                                              Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                          020 3134 7213

 

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