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:

12 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:

2,755,609

2.77%

264,016

0.27%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

235,040

0.24%

2,689,770

2.71%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,990,649

3.01%

2,953,786

2.97%

(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

439,875

40.9200 GBP

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

171,143

40.9200 GBP

40.8200 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

3,562

40.8680 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

250,000

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

516

40.8491 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

590

40.8505 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

221

40.8510 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

159

40.8582 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

961

40.8706 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,232

40.8717 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,752

40.8724 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

184

40.8765 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,060

40.8782 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

429

40.8791 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24

40.8794 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,129

40.8796 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,176

40.8798 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,894

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30

40.8801 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

244

40.8869 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,183

40.8900 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

62

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,000

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

40.8232 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55

40.8588 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,000

40.8604 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,993

40.8675 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,270

40.8748 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,010

40.8751 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,308

40.8754 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

656

40.8779 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,257

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,459

40.8812 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,191

40.8824 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,693

40.8833 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

132

40.8853 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,938

40.8861 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,100

40.8878 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

794

40.8983 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

115

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

297

40.9004 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,068

40.8881 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:

15 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213