Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

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:

21 Jul 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:

2,449,021

2.47%

543,616

0.55%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

357,420

0.36%

2,230,800

2.25%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,806,441

2.83%

2,774,416

2.79%

(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

317,211

39.8000 GBP

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

179,639

39.7900 GBP

39.7000 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

81

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,596

39.7063 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,975

39.7079 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

850

39.7394 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

487

39.7410 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

81

39.7597 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

107

39.7600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

561

39.7605 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

442

39.7700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

714

39.7775 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

266

39.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,784

39.7804 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,561

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

270

39.7008 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

161

39.7044 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27

39.7125 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,051

39.7138 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,271

39.7399 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,156

39.7453 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

56

39.7457 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

267

39.7459 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

475

39.7465 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

850

39.7605 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

274

39.7698 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

571

39.7700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,385

39.7702 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,089

39.7711 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,233

39.7738 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,062

39.7761 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,851

39.7766 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,777

39.7809 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,866

39.7843 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,035

39.7891 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,639

39.7907 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

827

39.7913 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,455

39.7943 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,740

39.8047 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,868

39.7403 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

61

39.7621 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,079

39.7645 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,843

39.7740 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,741

39.7198 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,545

39.7609 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

23,040

39.7661 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

122

39.7937 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:

22 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213