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RNS Number : 0716E JPMorgan Securities Plc 08 March 2022
AMENDMENT
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: J.P. Morgan Securities 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 Financial advisor to Oxford Instruments PLC
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 4 March 2022
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader Yes, Oxford Instruments plc
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 Purchase 480,354 30.3721 GBP 24.3000 GBP
Sale 110,000 25.4900 GBP 24.3300 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 Equity Swap Decrease Long 290 24.3335 GBP
4,100 24.4696 GBP
1,340 24.5425 GBP
36 24.5689 GBP
1,363 24.5769 GBP
50 24.5800 GBP
15 24.5806 GBP
231 24.5810 GBP
59 24.5825 GBP
802 24.5831 GBP
158 24.6642 GBP
1,250 24.6989 GBP
321 24.7209 GBP
2 25.0075 GBP
151,330 25.1800 GBP
193,000 30.3721 GBP
Decrease Short 2,000 24.4973 GBP
2,890 24.5575 GBP
2,695 24.5705 GBP
1,082 24.5763 GBP
3,860 24.5795 GBP
7,697 24.5798 GBP
3,360 24.7086 GBP
1,113 24.8686 GBP
Increase Long 18 24.4516 GBP
29 24.4913 GBP
1,261 24.5678 GBP
2,920 24.5705 GBP
714 24.5794 GBP
559 24.5862 GBP
48 24.5971 GBP
355 24.5976 GBP
1,093 24.6272 GBP
1,643 24.6298 GBP
526 24.6425 GBP
3,968 24.6536 GBP
945 24.7286 GBP
27 24.7910 GBP
542 24.9301 GBP
561 24.9432 GBP
650 25.0454 GBP
318 25.0745 GBP
Increase Short 1,000 24.3820 GBP
8 24.4518 GBP
1,894 24.5736 GBP
1,633 24.5759 GBP
586 24.6001 GBP
1,325 24.6471 GBP
2,934 24.6596 GBP
17,675 24.6953 GBP
5,945 24.7923 GBP
4,651 24.9996 GBP
586 24.6002 GBP
18,070 24.5923 GBP
Opening a long position 11,728 24.5800 GBP
281 24.5807 GBP
59 24.5999 GBP
65 24.6000 GBP
481 24.6013 GBP
787 24.6808 GBP
1,412 24.7231 GBP
3,728 24.7232 GBP
268 24.7672 GBP
452 25.1799 GBP
Opening a short position 39 24.3001 GBP
333 24.4263 GBP
446 24.4401 GBP
85 24.4901 GBP
2,613 24.5296 GBP
755 24.5752 GBP
423 24.5812 GBP
12,140 24.5984 GBP
52 24.6407 GBP
200 24.6509 GBP
1,586 24.6573 GBP
127 24.6657 GBP
462 24.6733 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.
(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
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: 8 March 2022
Contact name: Alwyn Basch
Telephone number: 020 7742 7407
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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