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:

12 Aug 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:

2,982,308

3.00%

498,164

0.50%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

279,197

0.28%

2,770,592

2.79%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,261,505

3.28%

3,268,756

3.29%

(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

616,440

40.3800 GBP

40.1400 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

253,759

40.3800 GBP

40.2800 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

3,897

40.3214 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

657

40.2987 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22

40.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,267

40.3065 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,305

40.3076 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,451

40.3098 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

286

40.3133 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,875

40.3150 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,962

40.3187 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,921

40.3197 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,981

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,889

40.3202 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

974

40.3210 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,356

40.3266 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70

40.3297 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

702

40.3308 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

87

40.3432 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52

40.3503 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

604

40.3623 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,000

40.1400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,000

40.1480 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

80,000

40.1600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57,111

40.3032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

321

40.3077 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,063

40.3088 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

90

40.3100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,742

40.3149 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,012

40.3157 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,306

40.3165 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

169

40.3192 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,515

40.3193 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,443

40.3198 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

65,659

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

736

40.3210 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,557

40.3216 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,939

40.3220 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,029

40.3227 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,395

40.3239 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,143

40.3243 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,861

40.3254 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

49

40.3260 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,798

40.3275 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,869

40.3287 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,434

40.3322 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,337

40.3377 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

117

40.3400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

160

40.3403 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

577

40.3427 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,639

40.3556 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

318

40.3572 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,124

40.3624 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

47

40.3800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

26,266

40.3143 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

107,528

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,824

40.3241 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

16,151

40.3262 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

10,289

40.3294 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

73

40.3550 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,331

40.3092 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,513

40.3117 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,214

40.3133 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

13,896

40.3168 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

28,396

40.3199 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

138,261

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,838

40.3361 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,429

40.3800 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:

13 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213