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:

05 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:

3,060,781

3.08%

604,576

0.61%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

398,830

0.40%

2,846,884

2.87%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,459,611

3.48%

3,451,460

3.48%

(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

423,906

41.6000 GBP

41.0600 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

395,570

41.6000 GBP

41.0600 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

3,981

41.2058 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

245

41.0800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

625

41.0922 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

522

41.0937 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

66,038

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,918

41.1024 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,668

41.1047 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

170

41.1184 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

114

41.1200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,334

41.1287 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,757

41.1347 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

116

41.1382 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

75

41.1472 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,511

41.1643 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

571

41.1673 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,632

41.1835 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

600

41.2112 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,400

41.2517 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,400

41.2717 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52

41.2784 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,653

41.3060 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

266

41.3700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

325

41.3756 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,200

41.3791 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45

41.3993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

373

41.4069 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

72

41.4122 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,400

41.4227 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,000

41.4892 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,038

41.4993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,400

41.5017 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,836

41.5274 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29

41.0841 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,309

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

325

41.1001 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,238

41.1002 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

162

41.1019 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

961

41.1038 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15

41.1080 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,195

41.1725 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

836

41.1950 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,560

41.2017 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

398

41.2047 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,165

41.2084 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,440

41.2088 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,835

41.2123 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,705

41.2289 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

39,245

41.2332 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,239

41.2422 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,700

41.2742 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,548

41.3085 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

41.3103 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,210

41.3328 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

99

41.3566 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

304

41.3778 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

431

41.3842 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

967

41.3884 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

553

41.4101 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,336

41.4211 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

127

41.4497 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

667

41.4917 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

715

41.5046 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

132,643

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

32,477

41.1829 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

51,670

41.2210 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

757

41.2285 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

434

41.3608 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

34,410

41.3897 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,759

41.4404 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

151,280

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

61,597

41.2372 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

30,452

41.3555 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

11,754

41.4000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,310

41.4474 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,000

41.1912 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:

06 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213