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 relevant securities this form relates:

SPECTRIS PLC

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected

SPECTRIS PLC

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

18 Sep 2025

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

NO

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:

2,852,492

2.87%

276,607

0.28%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

258,056

0.26%

2,790,396

2.81%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

3,110,548

3.13%

3,067,003

3.09%

(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)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Total number of securities

Highest price per unit paid/received

Lowest price per unit paid/received

5p ordinary

Purchase

215679

40.9664 GBP

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

73844

41.0200 GBP

40.9000 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,559

40.9228 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

202

40.8994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,338

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,704

40.9023 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

102

40.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

86

40.9207 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,043

40.9291 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

625

40.9625 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38

40.9642 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

222

40.9819 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,748

40.8207 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

554

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,059

40.9006 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

743

40.9068 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

317

40.9105 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,122

40.9121 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,827

40.9181 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

328

40.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

250

40.9261 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,214

40.9272 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,546

40.9295 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,240

40.9296 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,111

40.9318 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

399

40.9379 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

868

40.9423 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,366

40.9469 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

40.9488 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

927

40.9566 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,435

40.9572 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,248

40.9576 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,177

40.9658 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,359

40.9664 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,332

40.9717 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

648

40.9243 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

14

40.9235 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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:

19 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213