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:

22 Jul 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:

2,476,683

2.49%

564,048

0.57%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

378,223

0.38%

2,258,961

2.27%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,854,906

2.87%

2,823,009

2.84%

(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

190,430

39.7418 GBP

39.6400 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

183,200

39.7300 GBP

39.6400 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

100

39.6357 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,698

39.6400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,903

39.6422 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

19,831

39.6423 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,267

39.6492 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

477

39.6496 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

269

39.6524 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,184

39.6600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,694

39.6603 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,635

39.6604 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,638

39.6650 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,585

39.6659 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,556

39.6690 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,420

39.6740 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,501

39.6752 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

669

39.6837 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,445

39.6842 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,155

39.6865 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

769

39.6936 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,937

39.7152 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

663

39.7222 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44

39.6327 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

227

39.6400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7

39.6405 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.6479 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

39.6480 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

789

39.6482 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

39.6500 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,097

39.6503 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,042

39.6570 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,332

39.6616 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,662

39.6756 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,327

39.6757 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,902

39.6793 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

275

39.6798 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,875

39.6827 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,544

39.6872 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.6879 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,237

39.6895 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,271

39.6919 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

511

39.6923 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,244

39.6948 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,401

39.6954 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

663

39.7418 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17,053

39.6400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

115

39.6838 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,981

39.6876 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

100

39.6915 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,433

39.6950 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

42

39.6400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,190

39.6564 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

242

39.6635 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

395

39.6643 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,001

39.6650 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

16,056

39.6744 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

3,948

39.6775 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

60,272

39.7198 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:

23 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213