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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

12 June 2025

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Spectris plc
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	Advent International Limited
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	11 June 2025
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	N/A

2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a) Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
5p ordinary	PURCHASES	244,173	32.1600 GBP	31.6000 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	230,685	32.2600 GBP	31.6000 GBP
5p ordinary	PURCHASES	57,945	43.4929 USD	43.4929 USD

(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. CFD	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	31	31.8200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	128	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5,505	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,699	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	36	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,121	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	641	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	524	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	581	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	96	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	500	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	287	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	37	31.9617 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	518	31.9842 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,371	32.0242 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,950	32.0361 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,420	32.0361 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	360	32.0361 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,255	32.0517 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	51	32.0643 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	733	32.0936 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,808	32.0936 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,991	32.0970 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,716	32.0979 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	102	31.6132 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	146	31.6371 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	375	31.6910 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	244	31.7160 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	218	31.7281 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	114	31.7675 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	496	31.7676 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	48	31.7676 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	644	31.7676 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	296	31.7676 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,400	31.8318 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	248	31.8318 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	644	31.8318 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	102	31.8318 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,081	31.8318 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,819	31.8318 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	138	31.8377 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	99	31.8489 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,500	31.8867 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,990	31.8967 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	210	31.8967 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,500	31.9037 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,015	31.9338 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	328	31.9589 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,500	31.9779 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	234	31.9790 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,704	31.9934 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,500	31.9957 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,600	31.9966 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,800	31.9966 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,000	31.9966 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	300	31.9966 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,735	32.0037 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	96	32.0105 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,000	32.0200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,300	32.0317 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,600	32.0317 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	200	32.0317 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,000	32.0317 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,863	32.0373 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	32.0400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,000	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,009	32.1001 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	62	32.1065 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	32.1100 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	345	32.1133 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,000	32.1347 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	32	31.7925 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	528	31.9589 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	40	31.9800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,752	31.9893 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	147	31.9934 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,106	32.0191 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,369	32.0191 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	672	32.0601 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	251	32.0601 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,126	32.0739 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	169	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	74	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,740	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	10,293	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,212	32.1002 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	670	32.1002 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,264	32.1064 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,370	32.1064 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	551	31.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	262	31.9588 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,396	31.9686 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,574	31.9738 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,371	31.9818 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	24	31.9842 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	833	32.0192 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	124	32.0200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,822	32.0261 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	19,117	32.0271 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,965	32.0271 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,580	32.0348 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	45	32.0391 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,000	32.0583 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	185	32.0718 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	272	32.0814 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	12,972	32.0830 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,561	32.0999 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	562	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	13	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	163	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,550	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	34	32.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	370	32.1542 GBP

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

N/A

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

N/A

3. OTHER INFORMATION

(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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:

Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:

If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

NONE

Date of disclosure:	12 June 2025
Contact name:	Craig Horsley
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-7736

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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