
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 |
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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 | |||||
| principal trader is connected |
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(d) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: |
| 09 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 | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,726,881 | 1.74% | 1,034,199 | 1.04% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 885,991 | 0.89% | 1,521,668 | 1.53% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 2,612,872 | 2.63% | 2,555,867 | 2.57% |
(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 | 359,052 | 40.0179 GBP | 39.8000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | Sale | 208,749 | 39.9600 GBP | 39.8000 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 | Increasing Short | 55,481 | 39.9236 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,428 | 39.8000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,097 | 39.8114 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 11 | 39.8200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 126 | 39.8376 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,387 | 39.8389 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 66 | 39.8395 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,206 | 39.8447 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,297 | 39.8482 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,532 | 39.8518 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,276 | 39.8525 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 580 | 39.8579 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 404 | 39.8675 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 91 | 39.8794 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 639 | 39.8835 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 220 | 39.8868 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 37 | 39.8882 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,103 | 39.8982 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,784 | 39.9011 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 545 | 39.9012 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 62 | 39.9164 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 434 | 39.9190 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 30 | 39.9400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,972 | 39.8000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 97 | 39.8005 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,400 | 39.8199 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 97 | 39.8367 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 15 | 39.8426 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,599 | 39.8457 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 639 | 39.8463 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 5,095 | 39.8531 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 124 | 39.8638 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,196 | 39.8721 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,643 | 39.8805 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,379 | 39.8857 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,540 | 39.8973 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 35,000 | 39.8997 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 15,000 | 39.8998 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,400 | 39.8999 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 547 | 39.9002 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 16,259 | 39.9033 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 495 | 39.9107 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,966 | 39.9139 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 14,702 | 39.9141 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,964 | 39.9156 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 694 | 39.9158 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,482 | 39.9188 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 70,000 | 39.9199 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 731 | 39.9206 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 789 | 39.9256 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 434 | 39.9670 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,400 | 40.0179 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Opening Long | 49,275 | 39.8000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 24,753 | 39.8342 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 16,716 | 39.8806 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 9,554 | 39.8862 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 12,497 | 39.8000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 31,735 | 39.8004 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 400 | 39.8400 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 354 | 39.8424 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 37,863 | 39.9000 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 425 | 39.9200 GBP | |||
5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Long | 76 | 39.9423 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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any derivative is referenced: |
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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 10 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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