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Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

01 August 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:	31 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

87,852

40.0000 GBP

39.8400 GBP

5p ordinary

SALES

45,697

40.0000 GBP

39.8600 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	92	39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	36	39.8806 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,376	39.8869 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	2	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	109	39.8424 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	21	39.8500 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,179	39.8586 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	51	39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	11,560	39.8687 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	94	39.8760 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	749	39.8865 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	178	39.8875 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,606	39.8881 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,940	39.8905 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	9	39.8944 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	70	39.8987 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,178	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	7	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8	40.0000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	128	39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,583	39.8865 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	62	39.8873 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	384	39.8874 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,035	39.8874 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	8,854	39.8931 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	34	39.8947 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	57	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	3,506	39.9043 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	250	39.9043 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	5,868	39.9057 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2,176	39.9057 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	356	39.9057 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	6,221	39.8681 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	935	39.8786 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	66	39.8973 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	443	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	602	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,178	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	119	39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,339	39.9000 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:	01 August 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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