REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc Amend
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RNS Number : 4841U JPMorgan Securities Plc 07 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: 5 August 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 972,994 41.6200 GBP 41.0800 GBP
Sale 618,456 41.5600 GBP 41.0938 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 4,932 41.1038 GBP
500 41.1338 GBP
3,341 41.2323 GBP
Decrease Short 9 41.0959 GBP
1,953 41.0994 GBP
2,934 41.1181 GBP
1,699 41.2281 GBP
868 41.2712 GBP
36 41.3200 GBP
29 41.3662 GBP
1,461 41.4034 GBP
21 41.4486 GBP
19,611 41.4969 GBP
55 41.4988 GBP
15,000 41.4992 GBP
271 41.5074 GBP
10,000 41.5969 GBP
Increase Long 1,040 41.0938 GBP
3 41.0967 GBP
104 41.0982 GBP
2,797 41.1288 GBP
2,059 41.3186 GBP
709 41.3717 GBP
1,500 41.5180 GBP
554 41.5317 GBP
Increase Short 16,924 41.0810 GBP
5,000 41.0850 GBP
6,748 41.1000 GBP
20,000 41.1031 GBP
25,000 41.1063 GBP
81,000 41.1377 GBP
50,000 41.1406 GBP
3,414 41.1549 GBP
12,596 41.1606 GBP
12,973 41.1679 GBP
96 41.2250 GBP
625 41.2288 GBP
21 41.2317 GBP
80,000 41.2579 GBP
4,358 41.2677 GBP
728 41.2681 GBP
112 41.3504 GBP
8,215 41.3507 GBP
26,511 41.3849 GBP
13,597 41.5183 GBP
380 41.5202 GBP
2,328 41.5327 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: 7 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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