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:

15 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:

2,732,755

2.75%

279,757

0.28%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

250,116

0.25%

2,666,236

2.68%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,982,871

3.00%

2,945,993

2.96%

(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

67,541

40.9203 GBP

40.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

106,136

40.9200 GBP

40.8792 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

40.9080 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42

40.8793 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47

40.8808 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

482

40.8923 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,740

40.8977 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,623

40.8988 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,274

40.8990 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

440

40.8996 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,490

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,307

40.9034 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,836

40.9045 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,261

40.9070 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

584

40.9116 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

135

40.9155 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

287

40.9179 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

623

40.9188 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

330

40.9193 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,361

40.9196 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,457

40.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

40.8200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

80

40.8935 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

969

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

40.9004 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

63

40.9011 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

445

40.9030 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,784

40.9042 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,038

40.9061 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,030

40.9077 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

156

40.9091 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,836

40.9122 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,624

40.9133 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

40.9143 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,098

40.9176 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

264

40.9188 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,353

40.9191 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

121

40.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41

40.9203 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

232

40.9112 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:

16 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213