REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc Amend
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RNS Number : 2384V JPMorgan Securities Plc 13 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: 11 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 1,678,134 40.3414 GBP 40.0400 GBP
Sale 1,446,664 40.3400 GBP 40.1200 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 225 40.2423 GBP
258 40.2719 GBP
782 40.3171 GBP
21,800 40.3423 GBP
8,031 40.3461 GBP
Decrease Short 20 40.1200 GBP
1,431 40.1253 GBP
20 40.1560 GBP
100,000 40.1799 GBP
148 40.1998 GBP
135 40.2166 GBP
40,242 40.2180 GBP
4,191 40.2219 GBP
27,736 40.2299 GBP
21,670 40.2422 GBP
26,427 40.2570 GBP
9 40.2871 GBP
25,000 40.2970 GBP
25,000 40.2971 GBP
710 40.3143 GBP
76 40.3310 GBP
300 40.3319 GBP
175 40.3388 GBP
217 40.3400 GBP
Increase Long 400 40.1172 GBP
800 40.1572 GBP
13,531 40.2919 GBP
592 40.3340 GBP
96 40.3382 GBP
Increase Short 50,000 40.0400 GBP
6,179 40.1240 GBP
328 40.1450 GBP
67,260 40.1534 GBP
12 40.1590 GBP
225,000 40.1640 GBP
5,605 40.1665 GBP
3,019 40.1732 GBP
1,388 40.1749 GBP
163 40.1755 GBP
47 40.1783 GBP
90,000 40.1801 GBP
108,000 40.1901 GBP
2,847 40.2128 GBP
1,607 40.2221 GBP
48 40.2412 GBP
18,301 40.3400 GBP
165 40.3406 GBP
1,013 40.3414 GBP
2,087 40.3440 GBP
Opening a short position 3,014 40.1300 GBP
37,000 40.1320 GBP
18,500 40.1420 GBP
3,949 40.1621 GBP
8,268 40.1755 GBP
3,047 40.2125 GBP
2,333 40.2850 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: 13 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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