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:

20 Aug 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:

2,781,556

2.80%

411,731

0.41%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

194,018

0.20%

2,569,951

2.59%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,975,574

3.00%

2,981,682

3.00%

(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

264,486

40.4468 GBP

40.2800 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

262,259

40.4400 GBP

40.2943 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

5,017

40.3819 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

40.2600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

157

40.2993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

480

40.2995 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,062

40.3048 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,601

40.3351 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,134

40.3462 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,201

40.3517 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

49

40.3581 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,522

40.3655 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,357

40.3745 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15

40.3786 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53

40.3796 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36

40.3800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,000

40.3899 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

57

40.3901 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

153

40.3928 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

92

40.3980 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,777

40.3991 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,713

40.4000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,400

40.4162 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

40.2800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,077

40.3127 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,528

40.3518 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

521

40.3588 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

749

40.3591 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

40.3600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,991

40.3643 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,375

40.3661 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

740

40.3680 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68

40.3717 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,407

40.3721 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,005

40.3791 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46

40.3800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

119

40.3803 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,712

40.3841 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,447

40.3858 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,859

40.3859 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

106

40.3872 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,129

40.3876 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

831

40.3883 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

946

40.3912 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

187

40.3913 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,045

40.3919 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,605

40.3950 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

116

40.3996 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,144

40.4000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,863

40.4468 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,835

40.3771 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,373

40.3774 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,237

40.3735 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

104

40.3940 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:

21 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213