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RNS Number : 0126Q  JPMorgan Securities Plc  07 July 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:                                                    4 July 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          147,841                     40.2400 GBP                           40.0000 GBP

                             Sale              79,672                      40.2400 GBP                           40.0000 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                                                                  298                             40.0727 GBP

                                                                                                                                 419                             40.1412 GBP

                                                                                                                                 828                             40.1602 GBP

                                                                                                                                 304                             40.1612 GBP

                                                                                                                                 584                             40.1693 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7,364                           40.1800 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,600                           40.1924 GBP

                                                                                                                                 647                             40.2005 GBP

                                                                                                                                 310                             40.2126 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 21                              40.0960 GBP

                                                                                                                                 22                              40.0996 GBP

                                                                                                                                 9,903                           40.1208 GBP

                                                                                                                                 854                             40.1210 GBP

                                                                                                                                 25                              40.1212 GBP

                                                                                                                                 21                              40.1214 GBP

                                                                                                                                 784                             40.1269 GBP

                                                                                                                                 10                              40.1360 GBP

                                                                                                                                 15                              40.1467 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,592                           40.1546 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3                               40.1750 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                  1,100                           40.1145 GBP

                                                                                                                                 34                              40.1437 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,658                           40.1453 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,865                           40.1475 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,599                           40.1520 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,532                          40.1746 GBP

                                                                                                                                 400                             40.1772 GBP

                                                                                                                                 57                              40.1782 GBP

                                                                                                                                 94                              40.1788 GBP

                                                                                                                                 152                             40.1903 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 23                              40.1101 GBP

                                                                                                                                 8                               40.1600 GBP

                                                                                                                                 13                              40.1650 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,520                           40.1806 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1                               40.1840 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:  7 July 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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