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RNS Number : 5521R  JPMorgan Securities Plc  17 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:                                                    15 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          188,774                     39.8400 GBP                           39.7400 GBP

                             Sale               39,967                     39.8500 GBP                           39.7400 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                                                                  625                             39.7600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  16,924                         39.7631 GBP

                                                                                                                                  673                            39.7660 GBP

                                                                                                                                  900                            39.7764 GBP

                                                                                                                                  214                            39.7917 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,499                          39.7999 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,226                          39.8012 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,305                          39.8017 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  1,070                          39.7560 GBP

                                                                                                                                  30                             39.7598 GBP

                                                                                                                                  32                             39.7788 GBP

                                                                                                                                  30                             39.7834 GBP

                                                                                                                                  557                            39.7941 GBP

                                                                                                                                  14                             39.8082 GBP

                                                                                                                                  363                            39.8185 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   80                             39.7448 GBP

                                                                                                                                  82                             39.7449 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,106                          39.7520 GBP

                                                                                                                                  10                             39.7582 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,100                          39.7945 GBP

                                                                                                                                  243                            39.8056 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  34,049                         39.7600 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,601                          39.7606 GBP

                                                                                                                                  227                            39.7640 GBP

                                                                                                                                  589                            39.7749 GBP

                                                                                                                                  99                             39.7818 GBP

                                                                                                                                  888                            39.7847 GBP

                                                                                                                                  810                            39.7996 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,065                          39.8034 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,391                          39.8252 GBP

                                                                                                                                  9,576                          39.8410 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         761                            39.7540 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:  17 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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