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RNS Number : 6535Y  JPMorgan Securities Plc  09 September 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 KKR & CO INV.
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    29 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          101,116                     40.4681 GBP                           40.4000 GBP

                             Sale              183,379                     40.4600 GBP                           40.3980 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                                                                  3,000                           40.4410 GBP
                             4,598                                                                                               40.4661 GBP
                             2,479                                                                                               40.4681 GBP

                             Decrease Short                                                                                      4,107                           40.3980 GBP
                             1                                                                                                   40.4360 GBP
                             1,578                                                                                               40.4381 GBP
                             130                                                                                                 40.4439 GBP
                             1,799                                                                                               40.4446 GBP
                             3,689                                                                                               40.4449 GBP
                             3,440                                                                                               40.4539 GBP
                             49                                                                                                  40.4546 GBP
                             3,508                                                                                               40.4560 GBP
                             10,966                                                                                              40.4572 GBP
                             198                                                                                                 40.4582 GBP
                             152                                                                                                 40.4594 GBP

                             Increase Long                                                                                       59                              40.4302 GBP
                             1,209                                                                                               40.4519 GBP
                             5,399                                                                                               40.4566 GBP

                             Increase Short                                                                                      23                              40.4112 GBP
                             80                                                                                                  40.4158 GBP
                             61                                                                                                  40.4343 GBP
                             557                                                                                                 40.4405 GBP
                             2,465                                                                                               40.4432 GBP
                             32,105                                                                                              40.4435 GBP
                             1,411                                                                                               40.4530 GBP
                             5,270                                                                                               40.4578 GBP
                             2,081                                                                                               40.4590 GBP
                             27,096                                                                                              40.4600 GBP
                             2,500                                                                                               40.4603 GBP
                             599                                                                                                 40.4606 GBP
                             20                                                                                                  40.4618 GBP
                             180                                                                                                 40.4656 GBP
                             24                                                                                                  40.4667 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:  09 September 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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