Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 5, 2025
Major Shareholding Notification
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RNS Number : 5164K
Barclays PLC
05 December 2025
| FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 3092K published at 12:00 on 04/12/2025, changes made to section 2a. | |||||||
| 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 Dec 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: | 7,457,072 | 7.35% | 641,173 | 0.64% | |||
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | ||||||
| and/or controlled: | 627,651 | 0.62% | 7,450,225 | 7.35% | |||
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | ||||||
| and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
| TOTAL: | 8,084,723 | 7.97% | 8,091,398 | 7.99% | |||
| (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 | 849,480 | 41.4400 GBP | 41.4158 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | Sale | 454,169 | 41.4400 GBP | 41.4100 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 | Increasing Short | 2,738 | 41.4323 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 265 | 41.4100 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 178 | 41.4170 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20,722 | 41.4171 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 138 | 41.4196 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 942 | 41.4200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,921 | 41.4204 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 84 | 41.4230 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 59 | 41.4316 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7 | 41.4371 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,837 | 41.4376 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16 | 41.4400 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 311,541 | 41.4200 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 88 | 41.4205 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13 | 41.4206 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,085 | 41.4243 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,353 | 41.4289 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 173 | 41.4300 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,309 | 41.4317 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 68,802 | 41.4334 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,402 | 41.4346 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,779 | 41.4376 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,860 | 41.4400 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19 | 41.4605 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 710 | 41.4282 GBP | |||
| 5p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,000 | 41.4233 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: | 05 Dec 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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