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:

25 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:

2,884,086

2.90%

455,891

0.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

270,876

0.27%

2,667,353

2.69%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,154,962

3.18%

3,123,244

3.14%

(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

293,415

39.8000 GBP

39.7027 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

166,550

39.8000 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

Increasing Short

82,000

39.7897 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,564

39.7046 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

719

39.7147 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

400

39.7195 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

264

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

338

39.7219 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

757

39.7234 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

543

39.7277 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,299

39.7347 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5

39.7360 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

614

39.7392 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

840

39.7408 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

627

39.7505 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

210

39.7579 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,259

39.7940 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

446

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,312

39.7198 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

376

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19

39.7237 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

882

39.7262 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

387

39.7281 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

151

39.7287 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

734

39.7289 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,127

39.7299 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,255

39.7345 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,252

39.7348 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

116

39.7355 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

953

39.7363 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

678

39.7391 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,581

39.7392 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,014

39.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

466

39.7405 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

799

39.7428 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

646

39.7449 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,707

39.7474 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.7479 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,379

39.7549 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,392

39.7554 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

38

39.7600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

39.7602 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

907

39.7733 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

653

39.7756 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,926

39.7999 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,339

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,457

39.7291 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

212

39.7307 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

21,372

39.7394 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

138

39.7576 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,679

39.7169 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

567

39.7235 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,632

39.7244 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,962

39.7287 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

618

39.7725 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:

28 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213