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:

13 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:

3,077,501

3.10%

488,086

0.49%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

277,328

0.28%

2,877,658

2.90%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,354,829

3.38%

3,365,744

3.39%

(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

333,867

40.3482 GBP

40.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

228,596

40.3418 GBP

40.3000 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

4,024

40.3204 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

40.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

345

40.3097 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,725

40.3105 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

638

40.3134 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66

40.3151 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,520

40.3183 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,661

40.3191 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

566

40.3193 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

400

40.3194 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,307

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

303

40.3201 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

748

40.3206 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

924

40.3207 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,239

40.3208 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,115

40.3226 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,181

40.3233 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

44

40.3235 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

300

40.3239 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

370

40.3241 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

85

40.3400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

468

40.3029 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

270

40.3180 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,969

40.3197 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,631

40.3198 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,311

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,062

40.3203 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,058

40.3204 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43

40.3205 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,419

40.3208 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,544

40.3227 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

291

40.3234 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,800

40.3247 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,892

40.3253 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

40.3262 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

114

40.3267 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

939

40.3282 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

165

40.3294 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

387

40.3312 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

566

40.3320 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,858

40.3323 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,042

40.3348 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,421

40.3368 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48,585

40.3400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,000

40.3482 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

27,654

40.3121 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

155

40.3152 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

51,466

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

19,167

40.3226 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,016

40.3418 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

17,698

40.3152 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

414

40.3192 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

56,816

40.3199 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

24,530

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

21,341

40.3240 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

14,313

40.3292 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:

14 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213