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:

11 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:

2,491,714

2.51%

268,853

0.27%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

239,873

0.24%

2,426,694

2.44%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,731,587

2.75%

2,695,547

2.71%

(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

338,032

40.9200 GBP

40.8700 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

185,139

40.9248 GBP

40.8800 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

3,660

40.8961 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,575

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,539

40.8862 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,403

40.8864 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

96

40.8915 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

40.8996 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

763

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,171

40.9004 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

527

40.9057 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

687

40.9066 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,854

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,731

40.8802 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

84

40.8866 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,869

40.8890 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

198

40.8940 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,505

40.8977 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

651

40.8978 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,379

40.8991 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,879

40.8994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,815

40.8996 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

40.9003 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

40.9004 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

100

40.9019 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

40.9032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

88

40.9057 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

360

40.9059 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,291

40.9076 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,220

40.9094 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22

40.9100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,736

40.9144 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,978

40.9147 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,622

40.9176 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,358

40.9199 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

70,000

40.8871 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

21,965

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:

12 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213