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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

18 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:	17 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

201,683

33.5000 GBP

33.0977 GBP

5p ordinary

SALES

413,122

33.5200 GBP

33.0980 GBP

(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	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	18	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	8,000	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	23	33.1017 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	8,352	33.1048 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	130	33.1562 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	15,706	33.1620 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,615	33.1620 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,640	33.1743 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	150	33.1811 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	10,202	33.1811 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	758	33.1811 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	71	33.1811 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	782	33.1811 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,943	33.1853 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	163	33.2263 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	6	33.2263 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	105	33.2400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4,553	33.2876 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	162	33.3021 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	66	33.3363 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	551	33.3369 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,995	31.6837 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,500	32.2902 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,500	32.2966 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	72	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	67	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	694	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,126	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,856	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	124	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,964	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	610	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	190	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,750	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	29,861	33.1128 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13,210	33.1745 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,252	33.2132 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,739	33.2132 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	166	33.2132 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,229	33.2132 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,036	33.2132 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	400	33.2132 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,016	33.2465 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,461	33.2465 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	253	33.2465 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,077	33.2466 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	220	33.2466 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,401	33.2466 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,742	33.2616 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,639	33.2737 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	33	33.2800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	23	33.2930 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	150	33.3081 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,570	33.3231 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,500	33.3266 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,325	33.3363 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	12	33.3375 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	309	33.3430 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	928	33.3430 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	246	33.3430 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	192	33.3430 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	15	33.3440 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	228	33.3775 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	592	33.3775 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	94	33.3775 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	994	33.3775 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,288	33.3775 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8	33.4500 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	15	33.0997 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,735	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	171	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,549	33.1175 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,495	33.1690 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	680	33.2001 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,210	33.2001 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,690	33.2001 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,819	33.2484 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	747	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	751	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,072	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	998	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	644	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	670	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	918	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	606	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	165	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	532	33.2969 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	232	33.3231 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,181	33.4500 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,840	33.0980 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	12	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,742	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,874	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	9	33.2000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	125	33.2000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	190	33.2800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	76	33.2837 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	95	33.2856 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,022	33.2876 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,570	33.3021 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,708	33.3140 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	102	33.3192 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	193	33.3220 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	81	33.3363 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	146	33.3386 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,169	33.3600 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:	18 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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