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:

27 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:

2,967,389

2.99%

382,788

0.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

173,328

0.17%

2,755,419

2.77%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,140,717

3.16%

3,138,207

3.16%

(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

227,445

40.4402 GBP

40.3858 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

140,940

40.4200 GBP

40.3918 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

1,138

40.3918 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,096

40.3941 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

892

40.3959 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,188

40.3993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,823

40.3996 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,128

40.4000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,407

40.4001 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

477

40.4043 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,926

40.4068 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

114

40.4100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

785

40.4176 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

385

40.3880 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

910

40.3980 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

925

40.3989 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,591

40.4000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

151

40.4010 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,020

40.4029 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,192

40.4037 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,340

40.4039 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,460

40.4052 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

695

40.4066 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,644

40.4072 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

273

40.4077 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,803

40.4096 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,080

40.4101 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,368

40.4128 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30

40.4165 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,000

40.4182 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44

40.4200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

892

40.4206 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,434

40.4278 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,215

40.4402 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

215

40.4036 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

482

40.4043 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:

28 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213