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:

01 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:

3,202,609

3.22%

597,458

0.60%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

393,365

0.40%

2,989,646

3.01%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,595,974

3.62%

3,587,104

3.61%

(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

902,525

40.9000 GBP

39.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

980,187

40.9000 GBP

39.8200 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

2,760

39.8534 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

324

39.8572 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

820

39.8580 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

373

39.9400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7

40.1257 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,943

40.1418 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,047

40.2153 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

201

40.2374 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46

40.3113 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,668

40.3278 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

113

40.3594 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

292

40.3610 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,941

40.4059 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,557

40.4152 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27,715

40.4267 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,052

40.4504 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,706

40.4551 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

113,897

40.4806 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,087

40.4883 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

106

40.5290 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

268

40.5309 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

609

40.6037 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,203

40.6046 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,470

40.6140 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,000

40.6197 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30,000

40.6371 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,000

40.6449 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,229

40.6494 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40,000

40.6506 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,447

40.7004 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,319

40.7263 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

216

40.7622 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

145

40.7677 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,490

40.7778 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,474

40.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,855

40.8426 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,000

40.8660 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,000

40.8877 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,618

39.8519 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

954

39.8642 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

985

39.8801 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,760

39.8872 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,933

39.9077 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8

40.0250 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,889

40.1276 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

437

40.2574 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

539

40.2596 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

295

40.2811 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,256

40.2819 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

127

40.3073 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,543

40.3165 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

457

40.3587 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,669

40.4187 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

701

40.4379 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

448

40.4442 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,000

40.4702 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,017

40.4746 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,890

40.6713 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,000

40.7102 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,223

40.7142 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

379

40.7457 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

40.7465 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,679

40.7640 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,884

40.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,636

40.7820 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,000

40.7922 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100,000

40.8822 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

86

39.8575 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

12,831

39.8656 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

15,018

39.8924 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

145,156

40.3273 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

275

40.3811 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

179,007

40.5010 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,792

40.6000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

97

39.8623 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

10,131

39.9627 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,112

40.2904 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

250,878

40.4087 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,074

40.5618 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

66,647

40.6165 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

47,251

40.7678 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:

04 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213