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:

28 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:

3,008,749

3.03%

455,199

0.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

269,933

0.27%

2,792,079

2.81%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,278,682

3.30%

3,247,278

3.27%

(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

295,273

39.8200 GBP

39.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

169,918

39.8200 GBP

39.7400 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

Increasing Short

93,716

39.8138 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

338

39.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

83

39.7453 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,768

39.7538 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

831

39.7591 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,519

39.7598 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14

39.7600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,427

39.7631 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,740

39.7647 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,270

39.7712 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,378

39.7733 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,708

39.7792 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

650

39.7794 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

840

39.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,187

39.7815 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

791

39.7818 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84

39.7819 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

331

39.7920 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

318

39.7676 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.7679 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

636

39.7748 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

384

39.7752 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,354

39.7768 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

321

39.7772 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

107

39.7777 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

550

39.7778 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,214

39.7784 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,328

39.7796 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,556

39.7799 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,393

39.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,928

39.7803 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,469

39.7810 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

244

39.7818 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.7830 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

457

39.7835 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,550

39.7836 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,543

39.7854 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,046

39.7876 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.7898 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

958

39.7910 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,455

39.7928 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

845

39.7973 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,222

39.7584 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

151

39.7864 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

18,770

39.7866 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,925

39.7569 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

6,643

39.7638 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

554

39.7766 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,045

39.7802 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

32

39.7834 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:

29 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213