REG-Balyasny Asset Management LP Form 8.3 - Spectris plc - Amendment

SpectrisAnnouncement

19/09/2025 14:00

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Form 8.3 - Spectris plc - Amendment

 

FORM 8.3

AMENDMENT CHANGE TO SECTION 2(a)(1) & 2(a)(2). REPLACES RULE 8.3
DISCLOSURE MADE ON 04 SEPTEMBER 2025 AT 13:19

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1. KEY INFORMATION
 (a) Full name of discloser:                                                      Balyasny Asset Management LP  
 (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if                                         
 different from 1(a):                                                                                           
 
                                                                                                              
 
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the                                  
 trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.                                                           
 (c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form   Spectris plc                  
 relates:                                                                                                       
 
                                                                                                              
 
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                  
 (d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this                                    
 and specify identity of offeror/offeree:                                                                       
 (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                       03/09/2025                    
 
                                                                                                              
 
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to                                
 the disclosure                                                                                                 
 (f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making            N/A                           
 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                                                        
 
                                                                                                              
 
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”                                                     


2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE*

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
 Class of relevant security:                                          5p ordinary                          
 
                                                                    
                                    
 
                                                                    
ISIN: GB0003308607                  
                                                                      Interests        Short positions     
 
                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                         
                                                                      Number    %      Number    %         
 (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:*                    50*       0.00                       
 (2) Cash-settled derivatives:*                                       993,506*  1.00                       
 
                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                         
 (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to                                       
 purchase/sell:                                                                                            
                                                                      993,556   1.00                       
 
                                                                                                         
 
TOTAL:                                                                                                   


*NOTE – Rule 8.3 disclosures made in respect of Spectris plc for position
dates between September 3(rd), 2025 & September 12(th), 2025 should have
included interests of 50 ordinary shares in table 2(a). The reported total
interests were correct during this period.

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other
employee options)
 Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:       
 Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:      


3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a) Purchases and sales
 Class of relevant security  Purchase/sale  Number of securities  Price per unit  
                             
                                                    
                             
                                                    
                                                                                  
                             
                                                    
                             
                                                    


(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                                                     33,944                          GBP 40.68       
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     24,168                          GBP 40.77       
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     5,240                           GBP 40.77       
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Increasing a long position                                                     68                              GBP 40.54       
 5p ordinary                 CFD                  Reducing a long position                                                       68                              GBP 40.78       


(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.                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        


(ii) Exercise
 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                             
                                                                                                  
                             
e.g. call option                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                       
                        
                                                                                                       
                        


(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                                           
                                                                                                      
                             
                                                                        
                             
                                                                        


4. 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 person      
 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 person 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                                                                        
 
                                                                            
 
                                                                            


(c) Attachments
 Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?  No  

 Date of disclosure:  19/09/2025        
 Contact name:        Jack Satt         
 Telephone number*:   +44 208 164 3693  


 



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