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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

13 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:	12 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	SALES	184,497	32.5800 GBP	32.0000 GBP
5p ordinary	PURCHASES	189,390	32.6000 GBP	31.8900 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	50	43.7159 USD	43.7159 USD
5p ordinary	PURCHASES	17,928	43.8606 USD	43.8606 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	62	32.1735 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	6,411	32.1736 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	12,686	32.1771 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,278	32.1771 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,183	32.1771 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	125	32.1771 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	601	32.1781 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	50	32.1799 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	6,408	32.1855 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	147	32.2249 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	579	32.2252 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	168	32.2800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	141	32.2925 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,551	32.2936 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	5,790	32.3059 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	300	32.3077 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,450	32.3077 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	70	32.3077 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,727	32.3224 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	57	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	43	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	26	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	402	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	243	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	429	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,750	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	13	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	432	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	136	32.3456 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,940	32.3614 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	139	32.4430 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	36	32.4439 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	45	32.4489 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	29	32.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,000	31.8958 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,000	31.9111 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,163	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,221	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	537	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	468	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	64	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,518	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,971	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,285	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	70	32.2029 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,767	32.2487 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	53	32.3842 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	16	32.3875 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,000	32.3933 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,458	32.4065 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,926	32.4242 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,630	32.4289 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,173	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	6,408	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2	32.1850 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3	32.1867 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,391	32.2419 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	41	32.2736 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	9,518	32.3213 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	242	32.3842 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,132	32.3853 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,625	32.4020 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1	32.4200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	63	32.1770 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,858	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	69	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,487	32.1800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	124	32.1811 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,636	32.2828 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	683	32.2828 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,910	32.2852 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,000	32.3513 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	710	32.3988 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,723	32.4044 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	538	32.4367 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	23	32.4687 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:	13 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.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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