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:

14 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:

2,732,958

2.75%

497,344

0.50%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

308,907

0.31%

2,555,437

2.57%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,041,865

3.06%

3,052,781

3.07%

(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

414,482

40.3622 GBP

40.2600 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

768,283

40.4000 GBP

40.2600 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

4,164

40.2993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

455,000

40.3600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

40.2593 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,370

40.2600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19

40.2742 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

40.2766 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,971

40.2771 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,987

40.2881 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

417

40.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,657

40.3001 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

359

40.3129 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,844

40.3145 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,011

40.3155 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

489

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,969

40.3227 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,021

40.3251 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

610

40.3266 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

227

40.3287 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,839

40.3312 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

690

40.3593 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64,404

40.2600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,269

40.2707 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,771

40.2730 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

42

40.2800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33

40.2806 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

770

40.2811 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,306

40.3008 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21

40.3032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,005

40.3122 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

321

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,002

40.3207 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

80

40.3209 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,065

40.3232 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,645

40.3241 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

169

40.3300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

804

40.3306 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

545

40.3307 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,190

40.3369 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,059

40.3443 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,540

40.3459 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

731

40.3491 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60,000

40.3501 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,344

40.3510 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,259

40.3517 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41

40.3600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

212

40.3622 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

33,607

40.2600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

43,797

40.3016 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

8,282

40.3284 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

19,716

40.3343 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

54,604

40.2600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

125

40.2835 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,020

40.3036 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

433

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

12,504

40.3231 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,080

40.3315 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

499

40.3383 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

37,362

40.3393 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

301

40.3624 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,699

40.3763 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:

15 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213