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RNS Number : 4174Q JPMorgan Securities Plc 09 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: 26 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 508,299 38.8000 GBP 38.1400 GBP
Sale 421,727 38.8000 GBP 38.1300 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 2,064 38.1723 GBP
606 38.4636 GBP
394 38.6205 GBP
249 38.6476 GBP
1,092 38.7053 GBP
3,931 38.7597 GBP
10,285 38.7600 GBP
Decrease Short 53 38.1541 GBP
1 38.1562 GBP
166 38.2723 GBP
4,027 38.5451 GBP
8,582 38.5537 GBP
501 38.6509 GBP
90 38.6543 GBP
4,715 38.6552 GBP
189 38.6561 GBP
19 38.6563 GBP
285 38.6652 GBP
5,000 38.6984 GBP
292 38.7134 GBP
46 38.7188 GBP
7,036 38.7600 GBP
Increase Long 300 38.1773 GBP
2,166 38.5756 GBP
3,572 38.5757 GBP
4,085 38.5823 GBP
17,772 38.6279 GBP
284 38.6773 GBP
6,001 38.7515 GBP
5,458 38.7519 GBP
3,515 38.7538 GBP
1,738 38.7561 GBP
16 38.7575 GBP
94 38.7583 GBP
Increase Short 128 38.1399 GBP
769 38.1448 GBP
148 38.1516 GBP
1,714 38.1951 GBP
100,000 38.2191 GBP
713 38.2686 GBP
6 38.5205 GBP
15,000 38.5507 GBP
57 38.5640 GBP
2,131 38.5722 GBP
23,546 38.5861 GBP
3,973 38.5908 GBP
4,182 38.5946 GBP
15,000 38.6047 GBP
13,043 38.6060 GBP
1 38.6600 GBP
106 38.6612 GBP
367 38.6637 GBP
5,305 38.6770 GBP
7,500 38.6793 GBP
75,000 38.7323 GBP
18,000 38.7394 GBP
7,393 38.7606 GBP
17 38.7639 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: 09 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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