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:

30 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:

4,790,102

4.82%

631,303

0.64%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

598,802

0.60%

4,736,354

4.76%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,388,904

5.42%

5,367,657

5.40%

(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

284,714

41.1600 GBP

41.0800 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

41,217

41.1200 GBP

41.0230 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

1,759

41.1040 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

203,000

41.1200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,217

41.0233 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,589

41.0797 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,966

41.0800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

246

41.0801 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

709

41.0817 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,187

41.0847 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,172

41.0872 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

864

41.0875 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25

41.0978 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

75

41.0980 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

40

41.0994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,878

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

342

41.1036 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3

41.1066 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

612

41.1100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52

41.1200 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

41.0800 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

297

41.0876 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2

41.0900 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,079

41.0922 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

771

41.0977 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,428

41.0999 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,795

41.1000 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,166

41.1005 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

609

41.1031 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10

41.1032 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,013

41.1039 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

536

41.0955 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:

31 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213