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:

14 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:

1,849,697

1.86%

867,989

0.87%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

691,799

0.70%

1,644,249

1.66%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

2,541,496

2.56%

2,512,238

2.53%

(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

197,550

39.8718 GBP

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

120,150

39.8600 GBP

39.7400 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

2,000

39.7501 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

130

39.7600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

408

39.7905 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,827

39.7927 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,148

39.7946 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30

39.7993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,401

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,720

39.8001 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,427

39.8002 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

337

39.8004 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,177

39.8032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

864

39.8053 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27

39.8074 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

76

39.8100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

353

39.8128 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

363

39.8154 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

506

39.8224 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,323

39.8390 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

27

39.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

199

39.7548 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25

39.7572 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,348

39.7678 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

844

39.7690 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

39.7700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,596

39.7703 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,154

39.7720 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70

39.7745 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,538

39.7802 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,165

39.7828 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,071

39.7853 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.7878 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,298

39.7948 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,374

39.7962 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,673

39.7981 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

177

39.7987 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,985

39.7998 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24,809

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

24

39.8016 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

64

39.8018 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,241

39.8052 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,793

39.8055 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

688

39.8060 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

845

39.8186 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,201

39.8279 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

501

39.8330 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,555

39.8346 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,400

39.8578 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,719

39.7600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

19,869

39.7640 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

23,507

39.8000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

4,363

39.8015 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

46,095

39.7800 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:

15 Jul 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213