RNS Number : 1115Y
Barclays PLC
04 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:

 

03 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:

 

 

2,690,560

2.71%

707,443

0.71%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

497,268

0.50%

2,444,326

2.46%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

3,187,828

3.21%

3,151,769

3.17%

(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

276,119

40.8327  GBP

40.5400  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

881,897

40.8200  GBP

40.5200  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

293,850

40.5256  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,829

40.5200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,003

40.6028  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,064

40.6581  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

39,285

40.6714  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,866

40.6862  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,250

40.7060  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,916

40.7061  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,376

40.7102  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,451

40.7178  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,299

40.7488  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,882

40.7607  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123

40.7621  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,381

40.7640  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

396

40.7677  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

334

40.7700  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

442

40.7759  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,763

40.7785  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,470

40.7793  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,349

40.7800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

819

40.7855  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35

40.5400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,727

40.6002  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

40.6548  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,087

40.6582  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

40.6832  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,036

40.7000  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,011

40.7003  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,055

40.7008  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

851

40.7031  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,215

40.7043  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,576

40.7169  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,305

40.7380  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50

40.7400  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25

40.7406  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,511

40.7478  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

294

40.7500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,768

40.7583  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

363

40.7593  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,427

40.7631  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5

40.7669  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45

40.7779  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,469

40.7792  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,775

40.6698  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

110,706

40.6718  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,231

40.6729  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,569

40.6730  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

10,820

40.6767  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

137,322

40.6918  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

300

40.6919  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:

04 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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