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:

03 Nov 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:

4,941,842

4.97%

619,768

0.62%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

587,256

0.59%

4,890,362

4.92%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,529,098

5.56%

5,510,130

5.54%

(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

99,996

41.1403 GBP

41.0999 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

36,226

41.1400 GBP

41.0994 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

1,755

41.1127 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,566

41.0979 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31

41.0993 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11

41.0994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,659

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,143

41.1014 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,523

41.1039 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

314

41.1100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,562

41.1107 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

974

41.1122 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,979

41.1135 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

900

41.1171 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

38

41.1244 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,138

41.0998 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,950

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,000

41.1005 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

202

41.1021 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,355

41.1051 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

275

41.1069 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

239

41.1090 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

74

41.1100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

103

41.1125 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

367

41.1147 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,531

41.1164 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,406

41.1177 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,248

41.1189 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

787

41.1193 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,237

41.1195 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

556

41.1200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,950

41.1204 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

236

41.1230 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

41.1232 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

41.1243 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,082

41.1249 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

540

41.1352 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,321

41.1403 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

173

41.1076 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:

04 Nov 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213