REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc Amend
04/07/2025 15:15
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RNS Number : 8651P JPMorgan Securities Plc 04 July 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: 2 July 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 2,935,710 40.5000 GBP 39.6400 GBP
Sale 1,828,080 40.5000 GBP 39.7194 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 134 39.7200 GBP
9,788 39.7204 GBP
3 39.7228 GBP
18,407 39.7337 GBP
549 39.7697 GBP
2,057 39.8517 GBP
77 39.8821 GBP
104 39.9212 GBP
52 39.9362 GBP
216 40.0012 GBP
2,453 40.0202 GBP
Decrease Short 512 39.7160 GBP
404 39.7194 GBP
1,107 39.8918 GBP
1,553 39.9199 GBP
372 39.9660 GBP
1 39.9760 GBP
45,000 39.9767 GBP
2,131 39.9887 GBP
186 39.9900 GBP
2,912 39.9985 GBP
49,824 40.0017 GBP
6 40.0183 GBP
14,442 40.0244 GBP
21,000 40.1090 GBP
906 40.1759 GBP
10,867 40.2508 GBP
134,162 40.3798 GBP
32,041 54.8745 GBP
Increase Long 31 39.7182 GBP
9,650 39.7200 GBP
2,703 39.7315 GBP
10 39.7700 GBP
3,800 39.8655 GBP
1,095 39.8775 GBP
858 39.8842 GBP
408 39.8979 GBP
815 39.9009 GBP
3,110 39.9025 GBP
117 39.9920 GBP
500 40.0667 GBP
7,001 40.1559 GBP
10,926 40.1879 GBP
Increase Short 25,000 39.7030 GBP
25,000 39.7199 GBP
1,040 39.7206 GBP
4,613 39.7250 GBP
6,468 39.7796 GBP
25,000 39.8199 GBP
829 39.8679 GBP
2,380 39.8723 GBP
25,000 39.8805 GBP
1,657 39.8875 GBP
7,000 39.8894 GBP
45,000 39.8999 GBP
50,000 39.9030 GBP
1,243 39.9158 GBP
829 39.9179 GBP
55,000 39.9277 GBP
160,300 39.9299 GBP
2,213 39.9608 GBP
2,213 39.9612 GBP
25,000 40.0021 GBP
125,000 40.0030 GBP
23,469 40.0061 GBP
1 40.0240 GBP
91,000 40.0263 GBP
672 40.0493 GBP
15,380 40.0500 GBP
24,785 40.0540 GBP
4,024 40.0750 GBP
50,000 40.1030 GBP
20,966 40.1070 GBP
149,293 40.1401 GBP
50,000 40.2026 GBP
50,000 40.2030 GBP
100,000 40.3030 GBP
15,000 40.3202 GBP
135,000 40.4202 GBP
15,000 40.4404 GBP
50,000 40.5203 GBP
Opening a short position 131,606 39.7200 GBP
4 39.8440 GBP
732 39.8498 GBP
4 39.8840 GBP
4 39.9040 GBP
1,589 39.9070 GBP
3,178 39.9141 GBP
8 39.9840 GBP
4 40.0040 GBP
14,060 40.0080 GBP
4 40.0240 GBP
5 40.0640 GBP
22,171 40.0664 GBP
13,680 40.2356 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: 4 July 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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