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:

15 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:

2,745,576

2.76%

453,608

0.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

231,686

0.23%

2,534,551

2.55%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,977,262

3.00%

2,988,159

3.01%

(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

155,118

40.3200 GBP

40.2857 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

98,764

40.3203 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

11,577

40.2800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,772

40.2808 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,389

40.2837 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,895

40.2850 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,157

40.2862 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,466

40.2870 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,017

40.2951 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

207

40.2959 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

206

40.2988 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123

40.2993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

303

40.3004 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

55

40.3025 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

100

40.3102 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

40.3130 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

75

40.3136 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24

40.3141 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,774

40.3173 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4

40.3193 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,514

40.3198 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

49

40.2930 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24

40.2932 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,785

40.2940 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

439

40.2945 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

422

40.2970 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,016

40.2976 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,702

40.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

123

40.3006 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26

40.3032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,466

40.3036 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64

40.3037 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

573

40.3069 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,489

40.3140 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

212

40.3162 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,546

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,855

40.3201 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,900

40.3296 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,708

40.2879 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

23,044

40.2888 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

886

40.2900 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17

40.2905 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

52,429

40.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,281

40.2857 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

13,413

40.2934 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

739

40.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,071

40.3012 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

431

40.3057 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

56,651

40.3200 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:

18 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213