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:

17 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:

2,239,581

2.25%

660,048

0.66%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

474,416

0.48%

2,021,753

2.04%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,713,997

2.73%

2,681,801

2.70%

(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

477,180

39.8000 GBP

39.6700 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

180,502

39.8000 GBP

39.6529 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

9,601

39.6529 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,027

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

388

39.7201 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

200

39.7304 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15

39.7320 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,407

39.7331 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,959

39.7341 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

110

39.7350 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

253

39.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

529

39.7514 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40

39.7520 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

93

39.7600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

198

39.7633 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

94

39.7638 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,303

39.7700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

437

39.7899 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

141

39.7916 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

89

39.7940 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

71

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45

39.6800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

67,008

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

896

39.7188 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,000

39.7198 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

62

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,712

39.7205 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,601

39.7277 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

529

39.7358 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

280

39.7419 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,637

39.7435 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,629

39.7450 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,482

39.7458 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

312

39.7467 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,301

39.7476 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

612

39.7487 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,171

39.7557 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,153

39.7619 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

465

39.7685 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

398

39.7686 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

447

39.7691 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,266

39.7714 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,908

39.7733 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

522

39.7745 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,206

39.7759 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,365

39.7802 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,396

39.7817 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,246

39.7821 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,724

39.7832 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

108

39.7980 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

941

39.6770 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

35,962

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

24,661

39.7099 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,433

39.7469 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

5,768

39.7728 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

9,467

39.7789 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

73

39.7842 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

73,338

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Short

63,255

39.7198 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

36,745

39.7199 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

8,204

39.7239 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,192

39.7409 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

29,388

39.7520 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

374

39.7604 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,204

39.7824 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:

18 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213