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:

09 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:

4,205,954

4.23%

607,918

0.61%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

571,753

0.58%

4,164,810

4.19%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,777,707

4.81%

4,772,728

4.80%

(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

98,143

40.9400 GBP

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

110,920

40.9600 GBP

40.8594 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

4,647

40.8713 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

135

40.8579 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9

40.8594 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,138

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

101

40.8612 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,305

40.8693 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,057

40.8749 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

600

40.8827 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

803

40.8950 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,310

40.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,009

40.9058 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

413

40.9103 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

147

40.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,483

40.9318 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

137

40.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,221

40.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,077

40.8620 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,066

40.8632 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

525

40.8662 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

225

40.8746 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

191

40.8817 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

434

40.8842 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18

40.8861 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

333

40.8900 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40

40.8961 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

87

40.8970 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,286

40.8971 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,818

40.8982 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

457

40.9007 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,016

40.9046 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,090

40.9052 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

182

40.9061 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

405

40.9135 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

585

40.9143 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

314

40.9201 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

800

40.9228 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

115

40.9342 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:

10 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213