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RNS Number : 0372E JPMorgan Securities Plc 08 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: 7 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 214,507 25.6400 GBP 23.9400 GBP
Sale 291,627 25.5700 GBP 23.7900 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 128 24.7265 GBP
4,066 24.9097 GBP
245 24.9148 GBP
55 25.3713 GBP
2 25.3825 GBP
12 25.3834 GBP
6 25.3859 GBP
1,645 25.3988 GBP
2,382 25.4194 GBP
1,765 25.4242 GBP
567 25.4273 GBP
23 25.4500 GBP
1,483 25.4622 GBP
1,122 25.4656 GBP
9,975 25.4735 GBP
1,051 25.4840 GBP
902 25.4864 GBP
129 25.4866 GBP
11,000 25.4932 GBP
1,642 25.4964 GBP
56 25.5428 GBP
147 25.5558 GBP
15 25.5700 GBP
816 25.5706 GBP
10,479 25.5726 GBP
Decrease Short 6,643 24.7330 GBP
1,000 24.7922 GBP
125 24.8181 GBP
3,624 24.9801 GBP
3,581 24.9855 GBP
63,003 25.0118 GBP
1,850 25.1694 GBP
2,020 25.3561 GBP
18,367 25.4392 GBP
8 25.4495 GBP
19,564 25.4632 GBP
554 25.5137 GBP
Increase Long 1,869 24.3483 GBP
1,882 24.3699 GBP
208 24.5544 GBP
12,967 24.5568 GBP
97 24.6219 GBP
7,978 24.6288 GBP
6,331 24.6469 GBP
1,026 24.6630 GBP
167 24.6869 GBP
1,179 24.7556 GBP
474 25.1130 GBP
963 25.2916 GBP
1,957 25.3217 GBP
699 25.4564 GBP
87 25.4706 GBP
171 25.4867 GBP
15 25.4975 GBP
388 25.5051 GBP
1,305 25.5344 GBP
59 25.5780 GBP
Increase Short 22 24.2447 GBP
21 24.2448 GBP
251 24.4197 GBP
19,000 25.0302 GBP
7,351 25.1073 GBP
946 25.2185 GBP
396 25.3633 GBP
13,421 25.3749 GBP
83 25.3750 GBP
184 25.5732 GBP
195 25.5739 GBP
Opening a Long Position 2,479 24.9148 GBP
122 25.1220 GBP
265 25.1964 GBP
22 25.2099 GBP
293 25.2335 GBP
1,647 25.2711 GBP
8,213 25.3331 GBP
1,496 25.3522 GBP
478 25.3544 GBP
1,226 25.3686 GBP
3,785 25.3780 GBP
1,997 25.3866 GBP
669 25.3929 GBP
126 25.4292 GBP
27 25.4786 GBP
7 25.4886 GBP
1,834 25.4960 GBP
500 25.5066 GBP
30 25.5349 GBP
7,354 25.5700 GBP
Opening a Short Position 454 24.0001 GBP
160 24.2701 GBP
1,317 24.8450 GBP
5,024 25.0267 GBP
19,777 25.3915 GBP
691 25.5700 GBP
2,904 25.5713 GBP
500 25.5763 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: 8 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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