RNS Number : 3277R
Barclays PLC
16 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:

 

15 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:

 

 

1,836,615

1.85%

799,931

0.81%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

636,854

0.64%

1,642,099

1.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

2,473,469

2.49%

2,442,030

2.46%

(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

190,369

39.8600  GBP

39.7500  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

135,393

39.8440  GBP

39.7562  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

1,803

39.7586  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

360

39.7594  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

32,444

39.7600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,065

39.7633  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

330

39.7662  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24

39.7700  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

289

39.7736  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,995

39.7769  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

39.7800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

39.7811  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,135

39.7825  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,456

39.7845  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19

39.7926  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

294

39.8002  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,361

39.8004  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,735

39.8115  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,552

39.8130  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

368

39.8131  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60

39.8200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

39.8400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,085

39.7600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,803

39.7619  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,381

39.7635  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

458

39.7683  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,629

39.7718  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,266

39.7755  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75

39.7760  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,665

39.7764  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,166

39.7785  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48

39.7800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

256

39.7806  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,116

39.7835  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

531

39.7898  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

160

39.7955  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,624

39.7995  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

39.8050  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,155

39.8062  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,381

39.8085  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

486

39.8093  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,878

39.8094  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,291

39.8151  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,973

39.8156  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,533

39.8166  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,063

39.8253  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,651

39.8274  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

605

39.8285  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,857

39.8295  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,357

39.7576  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,549

39.7579  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

25,976

39.7600  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,052

39.8175  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

11,000

39.8260  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

45

39.8268  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

283

39.7500  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

23,769

39.7600  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

510

39.7788  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

5,911

39.7852  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

16

39.8037  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

23,355

39.8128  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

151

39.8278  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:

16 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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