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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc Amend

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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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