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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

19 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:	18 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	548,375	33.4767 GBP	33.0400 GBP
5p ordinary	PURCHASES	169,590	33.5000 GBP	32.9800 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	1,180	45.0693 USD	45.0693 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	336,343	33.0400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,452	33.1339 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	24	33.2211 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	21	33.2600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,155	33.2704 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,190	33.3574 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	22,745	33.3779 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	236	33.3779 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	12,329	33.3779 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	288	33.3779 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	193	33.3865 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	115	33.4137 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	6,133	33.4530 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	166	33.4550 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,664	33.4589 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	8	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	38	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,180	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	20	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	10	33.4620 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,500	32.0577 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7,500	32.0583 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	12	33.0600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	33.0600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	427	33.0638 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,000	33.0741 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9,317	33.0895 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,000	33.1000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	590	33.1396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	31,512	33.1396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,213	33.1396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,044	33.1396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,700	33.1396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,535	33.1396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,220	33.1718 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,920	33.1718 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	18,904	33.1718 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,726	33.1718 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,826	33.1718 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	354	33.1718 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,868	33.2381 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,630	33.3330 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	56	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	54	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	100	33.4833 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	564	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	125	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	400	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	457	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,098	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	506	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	693	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	487	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	568	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	755	33.0333 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	162	33.2381 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	34	33.2381 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	43	33.2383 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	32	33.2384 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	67	33.2384 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	38	33.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4,495	33.3530 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	105	33.4345 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	486	33.4498 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	6,133	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	19	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	183	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	160	33.4627 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	480	33.4627 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	451	33.0400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	76	33.0505 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	633	33.0790 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	90	33.1462 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	625	33.1568 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	34	33.1747 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,868	33.2211 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	46	33.2254 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	108	33.2483 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	228	33.3327 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	710	33.3656 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	29,603	33.4131 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	130	33.4558 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	432	33.4580 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,642	33.4593 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	50	33.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	40	33.4600 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:	19 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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