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RNS Number : 2042D JPMorgan Securities Plc 01 March 2022
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 Oxford Instruments PLC
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 28 February 2022
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader Yes, Oxford Instruments plc
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 581,263 31.3000 GBP 26.8200 GBP
Sale 694,756 31.4100 GBP 26.8400 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 10,511 27.8242 GBP
100 27.9400 GBP
803 28.0021 GBP
45 28.0600 GBP
77 28.0628 GBP
2,221 28.3164 GBP
123,034 30.2800 GBP
94 30.2823 GBP
Decrease Short 9,109 27.0555 GBP
1,858 27.2037 GBP
1,683 27.2535 GBP
10,974 27.5304 GBP
2,915 27.5471 GBP
506 27.5511 GBP
116 27.6049 GBP
2,704 27.7254 GBP
338 27.7902 GBP
496 27.7929 GBP
3,877 27.8180 GBP
6,210 27.8655 GBP
20,519 27.9097 GBP
1,000 27.9341 GBP
25,243 27.9555 GBP
67,847 27.9901 GBP
29,237 28.0103 GBP
6 28.0565 GBP
276 28.0572 GBP
47,952 28.0578 GBP
2,517 28.0600 GBP
2,870 28.3019 GBP
9,949 28.3485 GBP
12,553 28.4819 GBP
5,275 28.5996 GBP
15,442 28.7759 GBP
14,000 28.9336 GBP
261 29.0075 GBP
22,789 29.0506 GBP
884 29.2918 GBP
4,237 29.3113 GBP
17,606 29.6222 GBP
1,592 29.6967 GBP
7,096 29.7076 GBP
1,094 29.7080 GBP
325 29.9268 GBP
477 29.9523 GBP
221 29.9631 GBP
3 29.9803 GBP
4 30.0370 GBP
10 30.0880 GBP
1,162 30.2460 GBP
Increase Long 653 30.4959 GBP
Increase Short 1,410 26.8976 GBP
4,890 27.0972 GBP
2,410 27.2666 GBP
1,100 27.4534 GBP
20,267 27.4548 GBP
4,090 27.4735 GBP
1,591 27.6710 GBP
2,649 27.7519 GBP
472 27.8011 GBP
1,222 27.8446 GBP
129 27.8741 GBP
2,384 27.8961 GBP
717 27.9775 GBP
25,216 28.0628 GBP
406 28.1109 GBP
398 28.1708 GBP
2,000 28.3597 GBP
140 28.4122 GBP
2,338 28.4128 GBP
4,176 28.4544 GBP
361 28.7327 GBP
3,781 28.8004 GBP
2,161 29.1979 GBP
1,625 29.5722 GBP
145 30.2518 GBP
Opening a Long Position 4,800 27.2509 GBP
1,046 27.2540 GBP
333 27.5918 GBP
1,559 27.8893 GBP
268 27.9238 GBP
6,491 27.9282 GBP
9,059 28.0545 GBP
213 28.0600 GBP
488 28.3352 GBP
800 28.4390 GBP
419 29.0184 GBP
328 29.9191 GBP
8 30.2599 GBP
66 30.2799 GBP
142 30.3472 GBP
Opening a Short Position 169 27.1101 GBP
4,800 27.1124 GBP
908 27.6542 GBP
550 27.7223 GBP
2,017 27.7928 GBP
25,120 28.0600 GBP
2,381 28.0601 GBP
481 28.0871 GBP
194 28.0908 GBP
535 28.6291 GBP
1,089 28.6974 GBP
5,695 28.8188 GBP
158 28.8450 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: 1 March 2022
Contact name: Alwyn Basch
Telephone number: 020 7742 7407
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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