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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

03 July 2025

AMENDMENT(2(a), 2(b))

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:	01 July 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	311,312	38.5000 GBP	38.2501 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	233,756	38.5000 GBP	38.1400 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	849	52.5208 USD	52.5208 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	157	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4,656	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	849	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	10	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	714	38.3041 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	17,576	38.3041 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	6,555	38.3041 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	566	38.3041 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	502	38.3093 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	398	38.3093 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	4,611	38.3093 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	12,365	38.3093 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,078	38.3260 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2,742	38.3261 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,796	38.3264 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	61	38.3436 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	947	38.3603 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	121	38.3613 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3	38.2967 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	10,000	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	701	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	134	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,987	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,709	38.3014 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,709	38.3014 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	967	38.3015 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	200	38.3131 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	125	38.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,386	38.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	903	38.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5	38.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	541	38.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,345	38.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2	38.3200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,587	38.3221 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	52	38.3281 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	335	38.3339 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	6,071	38.3339 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	3,720	38.3339 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,623	38.3339 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,116	38.3339 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	379	38.3339 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,000	38.3400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	19,744	38.3438 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	140	38.3458 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,128	38.3465 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,079	38.3481 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	33,357	38.3492 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	733	38.3492 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	13,928	38.3577 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,000	38.3582 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	18,453	38.4041 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	34,547	38.4041 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	42,020	38.4670 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	929	38.5077 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	20,000	38.5516 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,039	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,766	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	229	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	155	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	177	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	224	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	424	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	180	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	427	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	71	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	321	38.3217 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,101	38.3265 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	133	38.3360 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	206	38.3361 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	23	38.3361 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	95	38.3361 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	608	38.3361 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	34	38.3400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	233	38.3589 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	664	38.3600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,562	38.2817 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	18	38.3000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	13,045	38.3108 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,836	38.3108 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	28,119	38.3172 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4	38.3300 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	175	38.3400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,372	38.3436 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,336	38.3834 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	150	38.4000 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:	03 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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