| FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) | |||||||
| Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 6335P published at 11:15 on 03/07/2025 changes made to section 2a ana 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 |
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| relevant securities this form relates: |
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| (c) | Name of the party to the offer with which exempt | SPECTRIS PLC | |||||
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| principal trader is connected |
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| (d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 02 Jul 2025 | ||||
| (e) | In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal | NO |
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| trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 5p ordinary | ||||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 1,565,421 | 1.57% | 1,130,211 | 1.13% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 853,480 | 0.86% | 1,298,032 | 1.31% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,418,901 | 2.43% | 2,428,243 | 2.44% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| Class of relevant security in relation to |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Total number of | Highest price per unit | Lowest price per unit | |||
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| 5p ordinary | Purchase | 820,141 | 40.3000 GBP | 39.7200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 1,086,983 | 40.3798 GBP | 38.3000 GBP | |||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,686 | 39.8416 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 91,844 | 39.8514 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 124,998 | 38.3000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 193 | 39.7186 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 8,941 | 39.7200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 106 | 39.7744 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,060 | 39.8041 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,162 | 39.8493 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 960 | 39.8621 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 865 | 39.8633 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,462 | 39.8683 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,418 | 39.8698 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 20,614 | 39.8723 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 39,644 | 39.8825 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,109 | 39.8901 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,021 | 39.8911 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 748 | 39.8928 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 648 | 39.8939 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 216 | 39.8952 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 873 | 39.9004 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 21,198 | 39.9049 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 105 | 39.9097 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 100 | 39.9200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,352 | 39.9249 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 193,867 | 39.9371 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 81,600 | 39.9379 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 199 | 39.9388 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,321 | 39.9409 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,152 | 39.9461 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,553 | 39.9671 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,341 | 39.9714 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14,081 | 39.9863 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 25,000 | 39.9883 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 417 | 40.0042 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,920 | 40.0138 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,695 | 40.0695 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 105 | 40.1588 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 545 | 40.1950 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,500 | 40.2433 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,352 | 40.3000 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 49,937 | 40.3798 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 22,690 | 39.7200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 695 | 39.7203 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 12,186 | 39.7219 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,179 | 39.7242 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,019 | 39.7399 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 105 | 39.7710 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 265 | 39.7750 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 263 | 39.7831 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 100,000 | 39.7898 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 171 | 39.8200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,341 | 39.8545 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,682 | 39.8573 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,761 | 39.8842 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,810 | 39.8857 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,592 | 39.8864 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,196 | 39.8966 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 21,476 | 39.9199 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26 | 39.9200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,000 | 39.9279 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 959 | 39.9375 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 30 | 39.9386 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 26,705 | 39.9843 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 4,609 | 40.0489 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 490 | 40.0749 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 4,610 | 39.8555 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 1,028 | 39.8788 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 1,259 | 39.8366 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Opening Short | 54,271 | 40.0200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,979 | 40.0587 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 7,500 | 38.3815 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,500 | 40.0400 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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| (ii) | Exercising |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 07 Jul 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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