REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc
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RNS Number : 1940O JPMorgan Securities Plc 24 June 2025
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 KKR & CO INV.
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 23 June 2025
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader N/A
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 2,208,340 38.0800 GBP 37.0418 GBP
Sale 1,721,773 38.0800 GBP 36.7316 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 4,632 37.6460 GBP
1,177 37.6892 GBP
642 37.7633 GBP
949 37.7686 GBP
1,400 37.8105 GBP
314 37.8106 GBP
333 37.8263 GBP
2,319 37.8300 GBP
28,041 37.8545 GBP
27,226 37.8627 GBP
340 37.9259 GBP
16 37.9800 GBP
4,052 37.9825 GBP
29 37.9838 GBP
Decrease Short 50,000 36.7316 GBP
357 37.7274 GBP
138 37.7662 GBP
5,455 37.7688 GBP
10,000 37.7703 GBP
17,710 37.7735 GBP
109 37.7890 GBP
61 37.7940 GBP
660 37.8081 GBP
53 37.8121 GBP
299 37.8213 GBP
777 37.8554 GBP
78 37.8708 GBP
6,694 37.8824 GBP
5,313 37.8832 GBP
31 37.8943 GBP
435 37.8996 GBP
21,480 37.9034 GBP
5,729 37.9258 GBP
166 37.9272 GBP
1,240 37.9402 GBP
167 37.9539 GBP
8,887 37.9714 GBP
2,294 37.9760 GBP
Increase Long 37,050 37.6134 GBP
200 37.6174 GBP
100 37.7974 GBP
1,190 37.8146 GBP
8,486 37.8736 GBP
4,253 37.8757 GBP
1,165 37.9306 GBP
1,921 37.9307 GBP
286 37.9447 GBP
10,183 37.9754 GBP
2,048 37.9762 GBP
30 37.9773 GBP
2,149 37.9800 GBP
Increase Short 100,000 36.9185 GBP
7 37.6240 GBP
20,000 37.6588 GBP
1,255 37.6630 GBP
141 37.6839 GBP
1,345 37.7047 GBP
1,621 37.7133 GBP
5 37.7440 GBP
4 37.7640 GBP
8 37.7840 GBP
12 37.8040 GBP
57,339 37.8280 GBP
5 37.8840 GBP
8 37.9240 GBP
6,275 37.9363 GBP
8 37.9383 GBP
1,006 37.9430 GBP
4 37.9440 GBP
184 37.9489 GBP
1,212 37.9664 GBP
3,944 37.9806 GBP
4 37.9840 GBP
25,000 37.9990 GBP
90 38.0095 GBP
4 38.0240 GBP
Opening a Long Position 990 37.9200 GBP
Opening a Short Position 10,000 37.4726 GBP
25,000 37.5146 GBP
40,000 37.9179 GBP
231 37.9400 GBP
990 37.9800 GBP
15,000 37.9908 GBP
69,000 38.0380 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: 24 June 2025
Contact name: Hetvi Shah
Telephone number: 44 2034 936359
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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