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RNS Number : 2145Z  JPMorgan Securities Plc  12 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:                                                    10 September 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          56,325                      40.9600 GBP                           40.8800 GBP

                             Sale              71,150                      40.9707 GBP                           40.8742 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                                                                  2                               40.8818 GBP
                             2,321                                                                                               40.8861 GBP
                             5,183                                                                                               40.8926 GBP
                             780                                                                                                 40.9002 GBP
                             45                                                                                                  40.9112 GBP

                             Decrease Short                                                                                      91                              40.8742 GBP
                             95                                                                                                  40.8759 GBP
                             9                                                                                                   40.8766 GBP
                             935                                                                                                 40.8794 GBP
                             16                                                                                                  40.8800 GBP
                             2,710                                                                                               40.9065 GBP
                             25                                                                                                  40.9088 GBP
                             5                                                                                                   40.9199 GBP
                             918                                                                                                 40.9253 GBP
                             1,892                                                                                               40.9314 GBP
                             664                                                                                                 40.9388 GBP
                             56                                                                                                  40.9392 GBP
                             25,000                                                                                              40.9395 GBP
                             311                                                                                                 40.9430 GBP
                             8,773                                                                                               40.9569 GBP
                             451                                                                                                 40.9578 GBP
                             10,000                                                                                              40.9769 GBP

                             Increase Long                                                                                       2,501                           40.8769 GBP
                             14                                                                                                  40.8782 GBP

                             Increase Short                                                                                      10,863                          40.8800 GBP
                             155                                                                                                 40.8806 GBP
                             227                                                                                                 40.8812 GBP
                             2,888                                                                                               40.8841 GBP
                             887                                                                                                 40.9083 GBP
                             24                                                                                                  40.9283 GBP
                             8                                                                                                   40.9441 GBP
                             9                                                                                                   40.9445 GBP
                             36                                                                                                  40.9508 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:  12 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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