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:

22 Sep 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:

3,135,841

3.15%

252,256

0.25%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

215,440

0.22%

3,095,044

3.11%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,351,281

3.37%

3,347,300

3.37%

(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

293,251

40.9229 GBP

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

201,639

40.9000 GBP

40.8600 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

2,278

40.8612 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

865

40.8613 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,381

40.8630 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,211

40.8674 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

220

40.8832 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,438

40.8837 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

607

40.8874 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

250

40.9261 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,696

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

826

40.8664 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,108

40.8702 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

288

40.8703 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81

40.8709 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

403

40.8735 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

714

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

40.8804 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

603

40.8828 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,467

40.8872 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37

40.8883 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

535

40.8901 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,449

40.8935 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,070

40.8953 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,118

40.8980 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,197

40.8982 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,516

40.8986 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

637

40.9058 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

971

40.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36

40.9203 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40

40.9229 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

250

40.9261 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

469

40.8874 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

47,507

40.8681 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:

23 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213