Spectris Regulatory News (SXS)

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:

29 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:

4,538,196

4.57%

622,894

0.63%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

590,404

0.59%

4,484,458

4.51%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,128,600

5.16%

5,107,352

5.14%

(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

221,816

41.0600 GBP

41.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

39,139

41.0600 GBP

41.0000 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

Increasing Short

1,383

41.0444 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

882

41.0445 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

920

41.0172 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,483

41.0182 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,780

41.0196 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,068

41.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

236

41.0207 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,100

41.0253 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

345

41.0277 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,585

41.0354 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

316

41.0374 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

141

41.0380 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,772

41.0452 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

30

41.0570 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,768

41.0579 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53

41.0594 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,939

41.0600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

68

41.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

710

41.0178 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,630

41.0228 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5

41.0232 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,280

41.0257 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,069

41.0268 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4

41.0300 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

329

41.0339 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,564

41.0369 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15

41.0373 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

918

41.0374 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

412

41.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

175,000

41.0405 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,050

41.0419 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

737

41.0442 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,219

41.0463 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

41.0534 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

167

41.0538 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

236

41.0589 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,145

41.0600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,553

41.0620 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

213

41.0474 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:

30 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213