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:

07 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:

3,063,015

3.08%

594,514

0.60%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

415,687

0.42%

2,877,717

2.90%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,478,702

3.50%

3,472,231

3.50%

(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

411804

41.6400 GBP

41.2996 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

452892

41.6400 GBP

41.2800 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

7,500

41.0589 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,000

41.0988 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

41.3286 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,000

41.3386 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,950

41.5210 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,686

41.3316 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

538

41.3640 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64

41.3718 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

266

41.3744 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

735

41.3793 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,238

41.4025 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

283

41.4137 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,800

41.4517 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,341

41.4679 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,489

41.4921 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29

41.4993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

849

41.5124 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

307

41.5179 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,736

41.5209 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,594

41.5484 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

300

41.5486 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,112

41.5517 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

844

41.5604 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

51

41.5666 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,264

41.5774 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

277

41.5800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,366

41.5820 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,004

41.5861 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,487

41.5979 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,285

41.6000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,829

41.6006 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,887

41.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

735

41.3003 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,274

41.3020 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,686

41.3592 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

872

41.4650 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

245

41.4656 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,839

41.4674 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,188

41.4706 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,561

41.4746 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44

41.4927 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,648

41.4968 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,062

41.4991 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

101

41.5000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,033

41.5097 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,930

41.5114 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,078

41.5185 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

388

41.5210 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

207

41.5333 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

73

41.5498 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23

41.5528 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,936

41.5603 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,863

41.5697 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,179

41.5728 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

958

41.5830 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55

41.5885 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,405

41.5886 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

713

41.5949 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

47,871

41.6000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29

41.6006 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

962

41.6282 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,886

41.2926 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

119

41.4659 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

79,117

41.5197 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

16,455

41.5307 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,895

41.5543 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

54,012

41.6000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,816

41.6109 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

26,394

41.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

36,175

41.3635 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

49,434

41.4935 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,898

41.5319 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

25,632

41.5990 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,500

41.3789 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:

08 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213