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REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Spectris plc

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RNS Number : 3792D  JPMorgan Securities Plc  02 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:                                                    1 March 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          464,182                     27.7000 GBP                           27.0000 GBP

                             Sale              484,345                     27.7200 GBP                           26.9500 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                                                                  74                              27.1261 GBP

                                                                                                                                 780                             27.2971 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1                               27.5100 GBP

                                                                                                                                 333,791                         27.7000 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 4,921                           26.9966 GBP

                                                                                                                                 56                              26.9973 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,161                           27.0256 GBP

                                                                                                                                 19,137                          27.0284 GBP

                                                                                                                                 460                             27.0728 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,099                           27.1298 GBP

                                                                                                                                 55,335                          27.1642 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,774                           27.1716 GBP

                                                                                                                                 120,321                         27.1981 GBP

                                                                                                                                 116                             27.2132 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,217                           27.2204 GBP

                                                                                                                                 24,740                          27.2336 GBP

                                                                                                                                 57,244                          27.2432 GBP

                                                                                                                                 6,072                           27.2707 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,204                           27.2978 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7,545                           27.3133 GBP

                                                                                                                                 12,599                          27.3560 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,090                           27.3703 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,261                           27.3936 GBP

                                                                                                                                 810                             27.4097 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,721                           27.4130 GBP

                                                                                                                                 999                             27.4203 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,721                           27.4210 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,155                           27.4232 GBP

                                                                                                                                 57,419                          27.4247 GBP

                                                                                                                                 629                             27.4417 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,423                           27.4538 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,723                           27.4574 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,352                           27.5121 GBP

                                                                                                                                 485                             27.5403 GBP

                                                                                                                                 695                             27.6399 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 2,517                           27.0000 GBP

                                                                                                                                 887                             27.0027 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,022                           27.0282 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,000                          27.0347 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,000                           27.0624 GBP

                                                                                                                                 13,726                          27.0652 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,295                           27.0963 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,122                           27.1653 GBP

                                                                                                                                 305                             27.2084 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,000                           27.2389 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7,857                           27.3208 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,000                          27.3922 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,013                           27.3939 GBP

                                                  Opening a Short Position                                                       349                             27.2712 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:  2 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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