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:

11 Jul 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:

1,811,501

1.82%

907,193

0.91%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

731,034

0.74%

1,606,935

1.62%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,542,535

2.56%

2,514,128

2.53%

(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

370,559

39.9079 GBP

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

246,296

39.9071 GBP

39.7986 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

5,331

39.7986 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,492

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,170

39.8191 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

55

39.8305 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,533

39.8409 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,331

39.8449 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

412

39.8519 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

41

39.8590 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,618

39.8693 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

134

39.8707 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

728

39.8721 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

303

39.8887 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

286

39.8890 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,436

39.8919 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,041

39.8986 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38

39.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

108

39.9018 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31,724

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,644

39.8199 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

165

39.8203 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

121

39.8215 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

49

39.8244 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,000

39.8253 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,000

39.8295 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

58

39.8641 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

66

39.8656 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,290

39.8670 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

451

39.8700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23

39.8704 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,117

39.8727 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,520

39.8861 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

136

39.8869 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,475

39.8887 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,327

39.8905 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

465

39.8910 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

379

39.8926 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,903

39.8950 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

666

39.8966 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,512

39.8971 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,345

39.8995 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

107

39.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30

39.9002 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41

39.9003 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

728

39.9027 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,504

39.9041 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.9079 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,570

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

69,074

39.8092 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,290

39.8747 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

6,531

39.8776 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

83,696

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

368

39.8652 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

238

39.8958 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

301

39.9023 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 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213