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:

23 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:

4,302,694

4.33%

619,780

0.62%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

583,522

0.59%

4,249,509

4.27%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

4,886,216

4.92%

4,869,289

4.90%

(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

73,155

41.0657 GBP

41.0000 GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

71,920

41.0700 GBP

40.9994 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

14

40.9994 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31

41.0100 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

869

41.0157 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,055

41.0159 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,450

41.0164 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,177

41.0165 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

600

41.0171 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,279

41.0189 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

756

41.0231 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,545

41.0303 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

816

41.0309 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,450

41.0382 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,685

41.0395 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,430

41.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

41.0600 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,283

41.0320 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,544

41.0337 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

61

41.0340 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

165

41.0391 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,818

41.0399 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,066

41.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

31

41.0405 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

887

41.0408 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,079

41.0415 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

635

41.0417 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

600

41.0430 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,109

41.0433 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,544

41.0440 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,861

41.0442 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,069

41.0449 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

800

41.0462 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,251

41.0489 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

224

41.0529 GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,366

41.0595 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:

24 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213