RNS Number : 5726C
Barclays PLC
08 October 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:

 

07 Oct 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:

 

 

4,296,732

4.32%

607,618

0.61%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

571,453

0.57%

4,256,052

4.28%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

4,868,185

4.90%

4,863,670

4.89%

(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

146,075

40.9600  GBP

40.8427  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

213,598

40.9682  GBP

40.8400  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

228,900

40.8200  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,600

40.8396  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,326

40.8455  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,440

40.8466  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,278

40.8471  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,858

40.8500  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

80,560

40.8518  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

356

40.8580  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,073

40.8591  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

43

40.8600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

239

40.8697  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

98

40.8800  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

77

40.8867  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,818

40.8980  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,320

40.9226  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

182

40.9569  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,079

40.9600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,210

40.8427  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,732

40.8583  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,551

40.8600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,172

40.8604  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

758

40.8660  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

411

40.8689  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,179

40.8697  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

286

40.8796  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

94

40.8803  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,344

40.8819  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

291

40.9153  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

130

40.9236  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,300

40.9396  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

222

40.9549  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,509

40.9600  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,803

40.9619  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

800

40.9628  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

29

40.8437  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:

08 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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