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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

02 July 2025

AMENDMENT(2(a))

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, L.P.
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	30 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	200,692	38.6800 GBP	38.3600 GBP
5p ordinary	PURCHASES	151,624	38.6823 GBP	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	751	52.6650 USD	52.6650 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	9	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,393	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	225	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	147	38.3946 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,381	38.3946 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	207	38.3946 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,676	38.3946 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,765	38.3946 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	662	38.3946 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,762	38.3993 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	168	38.3993 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	120	38.3993 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	540	38.3993 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	3,076	38.3993 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,368	38.3993 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	751	38.4200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	129	38.4282 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	118	38.4400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	158	38.5046 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	149	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	12,623	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	75	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	75	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	19,734	38.4200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	165	38.4457 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,000	38.4600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,000	38.4708 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	163	38.4737 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,496	38.4784 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	830	38.4784 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	661	38.4784 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	516	38.4784 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,563	38.4784 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,973	38.5160 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	88	38.5531 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	112	38.6095 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,098	38.6458 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	251	38.6504 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	4	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,992	38.4124 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,278	38.4410 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	486	38.4488 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	313	38.4488 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	670	38.4662 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	446	38.4910 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	41	38.4910 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	335	38.4910 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	296	38.5160 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	384	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	357	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	847	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	308	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	352	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	842	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,507	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	637	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	454	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	141	38.5186 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	182	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,568	38.3800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	14	38.3821 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	14	38.4043 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1	38.4200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	11	38.4200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	30,644	38.4221 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	7,801	38.4256 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	450	38.4422 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	54,960	38.4888 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	992	38.5000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	165	38.5046 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	8,729	38.5358 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	100	38.6600 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:	02 July 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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