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:

17 Oct 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:

4,241,113

4.27%

615,340

0.62%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

579,082

0.58%

4,188,261

4.21%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,820,195

4.85%

4,803,601

4.83%

(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

58,235

41.0400 GBP

40.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

132,929

41.0400 GBP

40.9766 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

3,669

41.0046 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,600

40.9766 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,133

40.9800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,050

40.9804 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

62

40.9816 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

79

40.9825 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

986

40.9832 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,930

40.9841 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,543

40.9854 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

202

40.9864 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

703

40.9904 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

400

40.9924 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,646

40.9985 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17

41.0011 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

129

41.0016 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,087

41.0073 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

800

41.0171 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

308

41.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,000

40.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,041

40.9800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,462

40.9809 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7

40.9814 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

432

40.9820 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

106

40.9864 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

360

40.9886 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,745

40.9961 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

544

41.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

914

41.0041 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,470

41.0066 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,491

41.0083 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,483

41.0110 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,011

41.0130 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,927

41.0192 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,279

41.0271 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

383

41.0315 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,682

41.0362 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

586

40.9720 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

97,779

41.0317 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

182

41.0241 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:

20 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213