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 Oct 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:

4,267,714

4.29%

389,667

0.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

353,502

0.36%

4,227,395

4.25%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,621,216

4.65%

4,617,062

4.64%

(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

84,849

40.8604 GBP

40.7976 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

24,043

40.8300 GBP

40.7596 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

11

40.7596 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

848

40.7940 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

541

40.8123 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,549

40.8137 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,500

40.8171 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,170

40.8179 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,095

40.8180 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,615

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,207

40.7976 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

858

40.7995 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5

40.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

736

40.8117 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

108

40.8129 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12

40.8166 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

40.8180 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,214

40.8181 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,917

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34

40.8202 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,725

40.8203 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,742

40.8204 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

35

40.8206 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

731

40.8208 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,236

40.8210 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,542

40.8224 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,804

40.8240 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

304

40.8277 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

296

40.8282 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,832

40.8362 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

211

40.8406 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,924

40.8604 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,861

40.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

27,503

40.8200 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:

06 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213