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:

03 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:

2,690,560

2.71%

707,443

0.71%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

497,268

0.50%

2,444,326

2.46%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,187,828

3.21%

3,151,769

3.17%

(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

276,119

40.8327 GBP

40.5400 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

881,897

40.8200 GBP

40.5200 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

293,850

40.5256 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,829

40.5200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,003

40.6028 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,064

40.6581 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

39,285

40.6714 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,866

40.6862 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,250

40.7060 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,916

40.7061 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,376

40.7102 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,451

40.7178 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,299

40.7488 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,882

40.7607 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

123

40.7621 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,381

40.7640 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

396

40.7677 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

334

40.7700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

442

40.7759 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,763

40.7785 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,470

40.7793 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,349

40.7800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

819

40.7855 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35

40.5400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,727

40.6002 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

40.6548 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,087

40.6582 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

40.6832 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,036

40.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,011

40.7003 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,055

40.7008 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

851

40.7031 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,215

40.7043 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,576

40.7169 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,305

40.7380 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50

40.7400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25

40.7406 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,511

40.7478 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

294

40.7500 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,768

40.7583 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

363

40.7593 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,427

40.7631 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5

40.7669 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45

40.7779 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,469

40.7792 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,775

40.6698 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Opening Long

110,706

40.6718 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,231

40.6729 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

7,569

40.6730 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

10,820

40.6767 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

137,322

40.6918 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

300

40.6919 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 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213