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RNS Number : 6325O JPMorgan Securities Plc 26 June 2025
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 KKR & CO INV.
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 24 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 Purchase 419,548 38.2200 GBP 38.0262 GBP
Sale 470,599 38.2400 GBP 37.4129 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 7,133 38.0909 GBP
2,600 38.1111 GBP
21,093 38.1145 GBP
16,399 38.1293 GBP
6,099 38.1400 GBP
3 38.1427 GBP
1,330 38.1438 GBP
3,073 38.1445 GBP
4,070 38.1471 GBP
Decrease Short 5 37.9760 GBP
1,071 38.0686 GBP
101 38.0699 GBP
19 38.0760 GBP
2,501 38.0927 GBP
22 38.0960 GBP
5 38.1050 GBP
9 38.1160 GBP
6,229 38.1210 GBP
6 38.1245 GBP
14,537 38.1322 GBP
384 38.1352 GBP
3 38.1562 GBP
4 38.1960 GBP
Increase Long 736 37.9960 GBP
1,135 38.0976 GBP
100 38.1173 GBP
193 38.1196 GBP
3,132 38.1313 GBP
1,144 38.1362 GBP
265 38.1373 GBP
8,602 38.1376 GBP
14 38.1383 GBP
Increase Short 3 38.0738 GBP
10,000 38.0839 GBP
6,318 38.1164 GBP
11,030 38.1197 GBP
4,677 38.1301 GBP
8 38.1338 GBP
2,248 38.1364 GBP
785 38.1370 GBP
3,061 38.1375 GBP
175 38.1386 GBP
2,497 38.1406 GBP
2 38.1438 GBP
10,494 38.1446 GBP
1 38.1448 GBP
1,654 38.1538 GBP
30,000 38.1581 GBP
Opening a long position 22,561 38.1400 GBP
50 38.2372 GBP
Opening a short position 3,724 38.1329 GBP
29,855 38.1375 GBP
14,926 38.1436 GBP
50 38.1578 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: 26 June 2025
Contact name: Hetvi Shah
Telephone number: 44 2034 936359
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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