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:

24 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:

2,790,166

2.81%

488,836

0.49%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

303,306

0.31%

2,572,880

2.59%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,093,472

3.11%

3,061,716

3.08%

(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

431,745

39.8006 GBP

39.6627 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

124,716

39.7735 GBP

39.6400 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

25,000

39.7558 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

39.7797 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

331

39.6800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

408

39.6855 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

417

39.6871 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,632

39.6913 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

678

39.6919 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

311

39.6997 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

141

39.7002 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

188

39.7032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,930

39.7053 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

136

39.7130 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,885

39.7174 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

239

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,106

39.7227 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,381

39.7234 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

446

39.7329 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63

39.7380 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

107

39.7383 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

681

39.7394 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,400

39.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

137

39.7491 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50

39.7524 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23

39.7565 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96

39.7735 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

216

39.6627 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

536

39.6717 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,011

39.6937 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

39.6938 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

114

39.7034 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

39.7100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

898

39.7159 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,934

39.7165 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,594

39.7181 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,029

39.7184 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

548

39.7189 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

222

39.7191 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,774

39.7213 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,585

39.7219 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,657

39.7226 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.7279 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

569

39.7300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

39.7305 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,192

39.7366 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,597

39.7399 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,747

39.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96

39.7404 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,119

39.7421 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96

39.8005 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,295

39.7017 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

175

39.7046 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,208

39.7304 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,269

39.7384 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,427

39.7014 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

37,284

39.7048 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

20,169

39.7059 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,420

39.7100 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

95,000

39.7160 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,922

39.7213 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

329

39.7320 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

455

39.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

869

39.7423 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:

25 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213