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:

30 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:

3,076,920

3.10%

468,964

0.47%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

264,829

0.27%

2,863,939

2.88%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,341,749

3.36%

3,332,903

3.36%

(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

164,637

39.9200 GBP

39.8300 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

153,997

39.9270 GBP

39.8400 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

5,545

39.8429 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,129

39.8431 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

678

39.8491 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,496

39.8504 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

39.8514 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,077

39.8517 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13

39.8563 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

375

39.8573 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14

39.8585 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,648

39.8592 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

92

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,494

39.8614 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

671

39.8617 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

694

39.8640 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,417

39.8681 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

93

39.8733 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

161

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

908

39.8917 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,537

39.8939 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

471

39.8941 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

56

39.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,310

39.9185 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

39.9194 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,621

39.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12

39.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

997

39.8424 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

65

39.8508 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

872

39.8550 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,864

39.8555 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.8579 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

114

39.8581 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

514

39.8584 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

593

39.8591 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

370

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13

39.8615 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

889

39.8617 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,006

39.8653 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57

39.8662 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

113

39.8689 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51

39.8700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,783

39.8778 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,347

39.8781 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

118

39.8783 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.8878 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

215

39.8905 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

446

39.8949 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,609

39.8968 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,944

39.9025 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,958

39.9029 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

412

39.9043 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,696

39.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

275

39.8576 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,108

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

55,113

39.8646 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

10,939

39.8798 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,749

39.8436 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,237

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

51,445

39.8622 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

52

39.8836 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

253

39.9119 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:

31 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213