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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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