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:

25 Sep 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:

3,825,943

3.85%

438,071

0.44%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

401,819

0.40%

3,785,837

3.81%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,227,762

4.25%

4,223,908

4.25%

(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

286,015

40.9200 GBP

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

291,076

40.9000 GBP

40.8600 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

962

40.8679 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,791

40.8689 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,179

40.8699 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,444

40.8723 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,979

40.8730 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,803

40.8733 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,358

40.8779 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

484

40.8789 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

35,848

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

40.8811 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,366

40.8812 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,691

40.8865 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

206

40.8999 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,446

40.8632 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,207

40.8722 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

87

40.8739 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,804

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,201

40.8819 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

297

40.8822 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

40.8832 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,045

40.8897 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,176

40.8914 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

53,818

40.8944 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,943

40.8948 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

40.8950 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

40.9032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,639

40.9116 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,512

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

180

40.9036 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:

26 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213