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:

07 Nov 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:

5,030,217

5.06%

618,352

0.62%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

585,814

0.59%

4,982,322

5.01%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,616,031

5.65%

5,600,674

5.63%

(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

328,324

41.0895 GBP

41.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

139,685

41.0800 GBP

41.0200 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

41.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,751

41.0371 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,459

41.0379 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,273

41.0463 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

383

41.0537 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

426

41.0541 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

148

41.0545 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

50,906

41.0570 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16,822

41.0576 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,044

41.0579 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,397

41.0580 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,587

41.0585 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,817

41.0597 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,907

41.0600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,308

41.0627 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,549

41.0631 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

298

41.0649 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,784

41.0765 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68

41.0794 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,834

41.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,390

41.0420 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,180

41.0540 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64

41.0600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

41.0605 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,571

41.0625 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,300

41.0645 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

909

41.0698 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

150,000

41.0738 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,340

41.0803 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

409

41.0893 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,881

41.0895 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,310

41.0714 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:

10 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213