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REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Spectris plc

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RNS Number : 9654O  Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc  30 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  Spectris plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Advent International, L.P.
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    27 June 2025
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    N/A
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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             104,551                     38.9006 GBP                           38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 PURCHASES         217,300                     38.9200 GBP                           38.5387 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     113                             38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     203                             38.7019 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     15                              38.7400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     1,478                           38.7566 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     296                             38.7912 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     122                             38.8000 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a long position                                                     12                              38.8800 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    21                              38.5381 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    12,042                          38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    817                             38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    3,953                           38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    9,059                           38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    5,152                           38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    922                             38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    14,784                          38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    416                             38.5813 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    352                             38.5848 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    637                             38.5850 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    245                             38.6069 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    18,886                          38.6248 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    625                             38.6698 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    50                              38.7080 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    73                              38.7380 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    36,124                          38.7397 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    24,772                          38.7397 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    5,357                           38.7397 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1,570                           38.7397 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    3,670                           38.7918 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    47                              38.7979 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  increasing a short position                                                    1                               38.8600 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       4                               38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       46                              38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       122                             38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       1                               38.5850 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       4,945                           38.6654 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       120                             38.6972 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       21                              38.7175 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       27                              38.7176 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       674                             38.7180 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       61                              38.7180 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       163                             38.7180 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       638                             38.7180 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       222                             38.7180 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       398                             38.7180 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       43                              38.7182 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       15                              38.7380 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       18                              38.7468 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       22                              38.7468 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a long position                                                       203                             38.7979 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      41                              38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      12,042                          38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      73                              38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      177                             38.5400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      201                             38.5524 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      36,352                          38.6638 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      47                              38.7400 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      14                              38.7443 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      3,793                           38.7912 GBP
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  reducing a short position                                                      16,372                          38.8227 GBP

 

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.
 N/A                         N/A                                   N/A                                         N/A                                           N/A                      N/A                            N/A          N/A

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option
 N/A                         N/A                  N/A                            N/A                   N/A

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion
 N/A                         N/A                             N/A      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:  30 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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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