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RNS Number : 7140T  JPMorgan Securities Plc  01 August 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:                                                    30 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          226,839                     39.9271 GBP                           39.8000 GBP

                             Sale              156,555                     39.9200 GBP                           39.7446 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                                                                  22                              39.8427 GBP

                                                                                                                                  200                            39.8510 GBP

                                                                                                                                  469                            39.8814 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,996                          39.8973 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13                             39.9004 GBP

                                                                                                                                  513                            39.9007 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,646                          39.9013 GBP

                                                                                                                                  110                            39.9230 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  13,456                         39.7446 GBP

                                                                                                                                  467                            39.8399 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,405                          39.8416 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,257                          39.8592 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,502                          39.8607 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,077                          39.8745 GBP

                                                                                                                                  608                            39.8821 GBP

                                                                                                                                  268                            39.8827 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,000                          39.8923 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,263                          39.8990 GBP

                                                                                                                                  185                            39.9160 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,660                          39.9194 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   300                            39.8372 GBP

                                                                                                                                  35                             39.8646 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8                              39.9200 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  24,916                         39.8030 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3                              39.8412 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1                              39.8540 GBP

                                                                                                                                  20,222                         39.8599 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,032                          39.8602 GBP

                                                                                                                                  31,595                         39.8626 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1                              39.8640 GBP

                                                                                                                                  20,000                         39.8699 GBP

                                                                                                                                  11,314                         39.8742 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8,996                          39.9200 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,198                          39.9214 GBP

                                                  Opening a long position                                                         118                            39.9160 GBP

                                                  Opening a short position                                                        144                            39.8720 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,262                          39.8771 GBP

                                                                                                                                  5,472                          39.9271 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:  01 August 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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