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RNS Number : 6972D JPMorgan Securities Plc 04 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: 3 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 153,572 27.5157 GBP 25.7700 GBP
Sale 129,821 27.4500 GBP 25.7700 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 1,619 25.7706 GBP
1,230 25.7726 GBP
631 26.0575 GBP
240 26.0590 GBP
962 26.2438 GBP
847 26.4626 GBP
541 26.5053 GBP
62 26.6796 GBP
2,498 26.6845 GBP
1,027 27.1955 GBP
310 27.3683 GBP
Decrease Short 73 25.7661 GBP
106 26.2929 GBP
109 26.2935 GBP
390 26.5044 GBP
25 26.6104 GBP
33 26.6105 GBP
746 26.6106 GBP
11 26.6108 GBP
20,495 27.0037 GBP
180 27.3182 GBP
Increase Long 56 26.1566 GBP
4,025 26.2839 GBP
2,606 26.3416 GBP
4,359 26.4979 GBP
2,076 26.5643 GBP
18 26.5685 GBP
501 26.6080 GBP
501 26.6099 GBP
2,350 26.6339 GBP
10 26.8133 GBP
695 26.8163 GBP
2,763 26.8445 GBP
2 26.8573 GBP
9,213 26.9045 GBP
1,451 27.0746 GBP
349 27.1580 GBP
Increase Short 3,060 25.7705 GBP
2,957 25.9876 GBP
1,000 26.0797 GBP
66 26.1355 GBP
31 26.2197 GBP
33 26.2211 GBP
16,191 26.3176 GBP
200 26.5003 GBP
23,563 26.7035 GBP
12,000 26.7334 GBP
3,594 26.9948 GBP
Opening a Long Position 1,468 25.7700 GBP
273 26.2089 GBP
651 26.3095 GBP
3,083 26.6047 GBP
1,134 26.6361 GBP
366 26.8470 GBP
33 26.8499 GBP
140 27.1999 GBP
Opening a Short Position 1,713 25.7700 GBP
679 25.7713 GBP
745 26.5053 GBP
1,057 26.5233 GBP
1,711 26.6228 GBP
386 26.6456 GBP
430 26.7500 GBP
106 26.7887 GBP
202 26.9101 GBP
119 27.0655 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: 4 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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