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:

31 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:

3,143,467

3.16%

460,654

0.46%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

256,519

0.26%

2,930,429

2.95%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,399,986

3.42%

3,391,083

3.41%

(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

223,683

40.0000 GBP

39.8472 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

148,826

40.0000 GBP

39.8448 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

1,646

39.8532 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,287

39.8546 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

623

39.8594 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,017

39.8654 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

403

39.8708 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

180

39.8786 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

87

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,568

39.8802 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

264

39.8850 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

78

39.8887 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

263

39.8914 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12

39.8916 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

358

39.8932 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

64

39.8937 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

855

39.8946 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,897

39.8960 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,522

39.8984 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

487

39.8986 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,293

39.8994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,148

39.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

754

39.9114 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

67

39.9370 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,029

39.8687 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51

39.8700 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,000

39.8719 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,729

39.8720 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,335

39.8736 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

889

39.8765 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96

39.8794 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

413

39.8806 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

320

39.8807 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,837

39.8811 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

260

39.8826 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

66

39.8842 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

400

39.8853 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,325

39.8858 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,609

39.8859 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,382

39.8879 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,594

39.8914 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,627

39.8929 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

674

39.8937 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44

39.8964 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

216

39.8972 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,081

39.8997 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,945

39.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

321

39.9005 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

259

39.9022 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

942

39.9027 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

511

39.9042 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

180

39.9400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

48

40.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

157

39.8775 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17,900

39.8798 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

674

39.9062 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

62

39.9087 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,503

39.8472 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,550

39.8657 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

22,564

39.8668 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

653

39.8848 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:

01 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213