Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI SPECTRIS PLC

FORM 8.5 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 5470Q published at 09:47 on 10/07/2025, changes made to section 2A,3A

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:

03 Jul 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:

1,613,455

1.62%

1,135,065

1.14%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

894,686

0.90%

1,339,636

1.35%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

2,508,141

2.52%

2,474,701

2.49%

(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

587,624

40.2201 GBP

39.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

544,444

40.0000 GBP

39.7600 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

20,000

39.7801 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38,500

39.7853 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,000

39.8700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30,000

39.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,440

40.0079 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

10,956

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

171

39.7977 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

70

39.8034 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

69

39.8037 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

180

39.8046 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

274

39.8142 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

608

39.8171 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

261

39.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,433

39.8232 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,752

39.8262 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,477

39.8271 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

394

39.8273 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,447

39.8298 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,106

39.8304 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,676

39.8305 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,275

39.8347 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,876

39.8420 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

460

39.8441 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,299

39.8447 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,370

39.8581 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,520

39.8665 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

101

39.8821 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

350

39.8885 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

33

39.8988 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

19

39.8994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

494

39.9049 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

458

39.9059 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,066

39.9139 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,075

39.9356 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,540

39.9358 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,206

39.9439 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

43,711

40.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,000

39.8086 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,108

39.8206 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,969

39.8319 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

214

39.8342 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,724

39.8461 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

7,839

39.8719 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

108

39.8748 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,000

39.8999 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

581

39.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,947

39.9125 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,000

39.9199 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

519

39.9243 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,488

39.9246 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

26

39.9300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,196

39.9560 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

97

39.9649 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

242

39.9652 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,479

39.9914 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

19,849

40.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

50,000

40.0580 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,000

40.2201 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,469

39.8035 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,659

39.8431 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,737

39.8844 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,190

39.9000 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:

10-Jul-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213