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:

01 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:

4,138,880

4.16%

418,970

0.42%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

382,805

0.39%

4,098,288

4.12%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,521,685

4.55%

4,517,258

4.54%

(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

53,678

41.1000 GBP

40.9537 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

18,045

41.1000 GBP

40.9600 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

77

40.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

702

40.9689 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

128

40.9793 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

84

40.9941 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

210

41.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

190

41.0830 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,183

41.0858 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,188

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

283

40.9537 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

175

40.9674 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

611

40.9732 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17

40.9800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1

40.9803 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

40.9828 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,442

40.9903 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,149

40.9923 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,232

40.9951 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,685

40.9962 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,472

40.9970 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,543

40.9976 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,178

41.0329 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,685

41.0517 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

383

41.0549 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

187

41.0807 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,975

41.0995 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,365

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

516

41.1006 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,217

41.1020 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

900

41.1028 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,323

40.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

475

41.0967 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

150

40.9800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,025

41.0493 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:

02 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213