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:

06 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:

3,142,257

3.16%

632,668

0.64%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

427,255

0.43%

2,928,931

2.95%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,569,512

3.59%

3,561,599

3.59%

(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

334,502

41.3705 GBP

41.1800 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

281,118

41.5192 GBP

41.1717 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

25,000

41.0589 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,977

41.3064 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,800

41.1717 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,165

41.1940 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,800

41.1993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,197

41.2000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

104

41.2018 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,800

41.2117 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

959

41.2450 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33

41.2690 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,651

41.2712 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

368

41.2766 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

103

41.2838 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30

41.2860 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,318

41.3027 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,165

41.3043 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,502

41.3089 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,287

41.3144 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,594

41.3150 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33

41.3169 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,230

41.3193 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,405

41.3200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

793

41.3281 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,844

41.3285 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60

41.3303 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,651

41.3339 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,856

41.3341 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

68

41.3360 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,519

41.3400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,961

41.3443 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

62

41.3512 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

150

41.3666 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

594

41.3703 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,200

41.4792 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,400

41.5192 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,000

40.6620 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

742

41.2000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

657

41.2095 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,000

41.2206 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

419

41.2248 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,694

41.2472 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,355

41.2615 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,362

41.2630 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,502

41.2634 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

262

41.2639 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,040

41.2656 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

41.2660 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,379

41.2725 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44

41.2833 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,277

41.2887 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,597

41.2911 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46

41.2941 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9

41.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,018

41.3020 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,160

41.3026 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,407

41.3151 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,141

41.3152 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

250

41.3162 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55

41.3365 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,971

41.3367 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,003

41.3400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

41.3600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19

41.3705 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

123

41.2330 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,610

41.3030 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

29,759

41.3080 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

774

41.2261 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

26,230

41.2490 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

24,369

41.2705 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:

07 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213