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RNS Number : 3805R  JPMorgan Securities Plc  16 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 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    14 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          185,470                     39.8612 GBP                           39.7000 GBP

                             Sale              245,358                     39.8400 GBP                           39.7200 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                                                                  453                             39.7725 GBP

                                                                                                                                  500                            39.7907 GBP

                                                                                                                                  587                            39.7915 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,717                          39.8000 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,767                          39.8013 GBP

                                                                                                                                  7,018                          39.8017 GBP

                                                                                                                                  201                            39.8018 GBP

                                                                                                                                  600                            39.8367 GBP

                                                                                                                                  17                             39.8400 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  10                             39.7080 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1                              39.7560 GBP

                                                                                                                                  22                             39.7615 GBP

                                                                                                                                  37                             39.7760 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,772                          39.7972 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,000                          39.7998 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,810                         39.8000 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,532                          39.8147 GBP

                                                                                                                                  285                            39.8152 GBP

                                                                                                                                  388                            39.8298 GBP

                                                                                                                                  173                            39.8424 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   114                            39.7400 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,254                          39.7449 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,101                          39.7850 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,193                          39.7851 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,357                          39.7929 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6                              39.7982 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,600                          39.8190 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  51                             39.7412 GBP

                                                                                                                                  487                            39.7616 GBP

                                                                                                                                  12,500                         39.7699 GBP

                                                                                                                                  87                             39.7752 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,254                          39.7996 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,555                          39.8006 GBP

                                                                                                                                  25,000                         39.8030 GBP

                                                                                                                                  875                            39.8040 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13,511                         39.8196 GBP

                                                                                                                                  51                             39.8612 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        11,923                         39.8022 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:  16 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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