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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

21 July 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, L.P.
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	18 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	161,693	39.7900 GBP	39.6988 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	126,933	39.8000 GBP	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	383	53.3841 USD	53.3841 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	38	39.7147 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	14	39.7194 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	606	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	95	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	383	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	87	39.7627 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,000	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	44	39.7141 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	124	39.7198 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	5,398	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,090	39.7230 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	298	39.7367 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	26,175	39.7378 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	125	39.7400 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	30	39.7493 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,499	39.7621 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8	39.7800 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5,385	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	349	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	81	39.7266 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,755	39.7268 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,927	39.7462 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	7	39.7606 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	653	39.7621 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	401	39.7644 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	108	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	884	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	200	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,731	39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,088	39.7396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	76	39.7547 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,499	39.7627 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	160	39.8000 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:	21 July 2025
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-8893

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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