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:

22 Oct 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:

4,278,329

4.30%

596,650

0.60%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

560,392

0.56%

4,225,144

4.25%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,838,721

4.87%

4,821,794

4.85%

(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

118,649

41.0600 GBP

40.9900 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

64,979

41.0600 GBP

40.9899 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

2,600

40.9899 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

879

40.9938 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

128

40.9998 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,266

41.0002 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,198

41.0112 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123

41.0130 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,003

41.0189 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,700

41.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

41.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,358

41.0015 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

125

41.0106 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

931

41.0141 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,774

41.0174 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,565

41.0179 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,287

41.0183 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,538

41.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,938

41.0203 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

801

41.0206 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

295

41.0207 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

497

41.0208 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,022

41.0220 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,643

41.0228 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

662

41.0236 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

403

41.0240 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

172

41.0241 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,901

41.0243 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,982

41.0272 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70

41.0274 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,089

41.0281 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,685

41.0294 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

577

41.0297 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

427

41.0337 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

400

41.0368 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,173

41.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

300

41.0428 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

78

41.0362 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,954

41.0517 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15

41.0520 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:

23 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213