RNS Number : 2310O
Barclays PLC
24 June 2025
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 9875N published at 11:37 on 23/06/2025, changes made to section 2A,3A

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

 relevant securities this form relates:

SPECTRIS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

 principal trader is connected

SPECTRIS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

20 Jun 2025

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

 trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

1,372,764

1.38%

796,652

0.80%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

574,133

0.58%

1,165,042

1.17%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

1,946,897

1.96%

1,961,694

1.98%

 








(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

 security

Purchase/sale

Total number of

 securities

Highest price per unit

 paid/received

Lowest price per unit

 paid/received

5p ordinary

Purchase

812877

33.5400  GBP

32.8200  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

487526

33.5400  GBP

32.8195  GBP

 








(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

609

32.9735  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

947

32.9736  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

130,000

33.2253  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,060

33.3126  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

421

33.3127  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,000

33.4534  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,000

32.8167  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

985

32.8195  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,552

32.8200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,255

32.8363  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

820

32.9398  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,191

32.9721  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

37

33.0400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

498

33.1134  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

729

33.1278  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,607

33.2956  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

14

33.4197  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

34

33.4500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

382

33.4503  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,563

33.4524  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,485

33.4537  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

570

33.4588  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

840

33.4603  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

327

33.4683  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,440

33.4702  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

486

33.4803  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

945

33.4811  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5

33.4893  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,084

33.4920  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

99

33.5000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

68

33.5014  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

582

33.5362  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,645

33.5397  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

154,539

32.8200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,345

32.8216  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,225

32.8446  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,199

32.8568  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,936

32.8798  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

42

32.9438  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,475

33.0128  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,477

33.0294  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

354

33.1005  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,337

33.1340  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,957

33.1454  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

552

33.4292  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,337

33.4294  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

282

33.4349  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,584

33.4403  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

209

33.4495  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,041

33.4535  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

490

33.4599  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

527

33.4719  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

397

33.4766  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

301

33.4784  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5

33.4906  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15

33.5100  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

84

33.5400  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,225

33.4468  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,314

33.4604  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,706

33.4642  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

653

33.4806  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,067

32.8200  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,616

32.8229  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,807

33.4810  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

787

33.4939  GBP

 








(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit

 

 

 

 

 

 








(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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:

24-Jun-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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