RNS Number : 8568X
Barclays PLC
03 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:

 

02 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:

 

 

3,007,991

3.03%

419,096

0.42%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

211,398

0.21%

2,761,262

2.78%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

3,219,389

3.24%

3,180,358

3.20%

(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

337,211

40.5400  GBP

40.4400  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

450,588

40.5400  GBP

40.4600  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

71,551

40.5256  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53

40.4400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

414

40.4893  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,000

40.4907  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,008

40.5000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,837

40.5026  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,509

40.5043  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,138

40.5055  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,439

40.5091  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

35

40.5100  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,751

40.5116  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,727

40.5117  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,708

40.5131  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,143

40.5152  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,561

40.5172  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

456

40.5193  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

40.5200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

829

40.5202  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,295

40.5255  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,250

40.5359  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,555

40.4521  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44

40.4600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

504

40.4800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

148

40.4801  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

456

40.4806  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,168

40.4860  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,069

40.4952  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,139

40.4967  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

758

40.4998  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,055

40.5000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,318

40.5002  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22

40.5006  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,254

40.5068  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

582

40.5080  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,029

40.5145  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,633

40.5152  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

250

40.5181  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,121

40.5191  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,778

40.5192  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

470

40.5204  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

321

40.5400  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

222

40.5286  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:

03 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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