REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc

SpectrisAnnouncement

24/07/2025 11:30

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RNS Number : 4471S  JPMorgan Securities Plc  24 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 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    23 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          213,805                     39.8000 GBP                           39.6600 GBP

                             Sale              90,162                      39.7972 GBP                           39.6800 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                                                                  1,847                           39.7214 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,008                           39.7260 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,154                           39.7477 GBP

                                                                                                                                 257                             39.7479 GBP

                                                                                                                                 653                             39.7480 GBP

                                                                                                                                 516                             39.7484 GBP

                                                                                                                                 32                              39.7600 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,210                           39.7608 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 5                               39.7350 GBP

                                                                                                                                 732                             39.7351 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,091                           39.7360 GBP

                                                                                                                                 100                             39.7371 GBP

                                                                                                                                 113                             39.7386 GBP

                                                                                                                                 89                              39.7394 GBP

                                                                                                                                 231                             39.7398 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,353                           39.7400 GBP

                                                                                                                                 324                             39.7407 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,700                           39.7423 GBP

                                                                                                                                 569                             39.7479 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3                               39.7560 GBP

                                                                                                                                 221                             39.7988 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                  41                              39.7342 GBP

                                                                                                                                 307                             39.7382 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,571                           39.7400 GBP

                                                                                                                                 500                             39.7972 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 16,527                          39.6756 GBP

                                                                                                                                 50,000                          39.7030 GBP

                                                                                                                                 52                              39.7240 GBP

                                                                                                                                 50,200                          39.7298 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,101                           39.7393 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,671                           39.7400 GBP

                                                                                                                                 568                             39.7406 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,215                           39.7416 GBP

                                                                                                                                 817                             39.7425 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,432                           39.7440 GBP

                                                                                                                                 38                              39.7632 GBP

                                                                                                                                 28,255                          39.7678 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 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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