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:

04 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:

3,039,238

3.06%

611,369

0.62%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

530,258

0.53%

2,950,092

2.97%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,569,496

3.59%

3,561,461

3.59%

(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

211,610

41.0000 GBP

40.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

388,892

40.9508 GBP

40.7400 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

4,068

40.8288 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

104

40.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,661

40.8018 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

166

40.8092 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18

40.8121 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,422

40.8173 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

797

40.8186 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45,647

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,376

40.8211 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,230

40.8222 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

234

40.8226 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,196

40.8240 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,956

40.8322 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

800

40.8373 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,170

40.8380 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

506

40.8457 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

148

40.8459 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

901

40.8513 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

980

40.8521 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

349

40.8657 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,144

40.8795 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6

40.9100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,880

40.9177 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,961

40.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

78

40.7956 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

328

40.7998 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

202

40.8048 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

140

40.8097 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

40.8149 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,856

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

78

40.8203 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27

40.8206 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,805

40.8230 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

968

40.8343 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,353

40.8423 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,033

40.8431 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,599

40.8508 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

372

40.8567 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,028

40.8590 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,625

40.8596 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,764

40.8617 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

248

40.8619 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

404

40.8702 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

188

40.8717 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

60

40.8839 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

254

40.8862 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,256

40.8882 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13

40.9092 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,152

40.9168 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,035

40.9225 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,036

40.9486 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,458

40.9592 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

40.9881 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,080

40.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

134,136

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

39,457

40.8586 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,990

40.8613 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,208

40.8864 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

35,686

40.8935 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

433

40.9209 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,196

40.7900 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,285

40.8002 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

20,941

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

42,820

40.8516 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

213

40.9624 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

30

41.0000 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:

05 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213