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RNS Number : 4178Q  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:                                                    1 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          205,955                     38.5000 GBP                           38.2000 GBP

                             Sale               221,073                    38.5000 GBP                           38.1600 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                                                                  103                             38.2206 GBP

                                                                                                                                  21,443                         38.3000 GBP

                                                                                                                                  958                            38.3174 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,000                          38.3218 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,844                          38.3361 GBP

                                                                                                                                  320                            38.3454 GBP

                                                                                                                                  41                             38.3602 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  1,116                          38.2501 GBP

                                                                                                                                  21,029                         38.3108 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,538                          38.3277 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,565                          38.3370 GBP

                                                                                                                                  209                            38.3402 GBP

                                                                                                                                  113                            38.3771 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,371                          38.3788 GBP

                                                                                                                                  55                             38.4922 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   175                            38.2983 GBP

                                                                                                                                  145                            38.3000 GBP

                                                                                                                                  16,077                         38.3001 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,415                         38.3389 GBP

                                                                                                                                  500                            38.3483 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,754                          38.3578 GBP

                                                                                                                                  95                             38.3589 GBP

                                                                                                                                  155                            38.3635 GBP

                                                                                                                                  60                             38.3689 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  824                            38.2385 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,606                          38.2998 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,060                          38.3006 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,472                          38.3029 GBP

                                                                                                                                  10,000                         38.3031 GBP

                                                                                                                                  54                             38.3038 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2                              38.3238 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,094                          38.3388 GBP

                                                                                                                                  38,508                         38.3492 GBP

                                                                                                                                  621                            38.3558 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,093                          38.3606 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,146                         38.3624 GBP

                                                                                                                                  217                            38.3732 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3                              38.3741 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,500                          38.4058 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:  9 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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