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

SpectrisAnnouncement

30/07/2025 11:30

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RNS Number : 2052T  JPMorgan Securities Plc  30 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:                                                    29 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          753,841                     39.8869 GBP                           39.7400 GBP

                             Sale              703,625                     39.9000 GBP                           39.7388 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                                                                  28                              39.7604 GBP

                                                                                                                                 163                             39.7653 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,100                           39.7821 GBP

                                                                                                                                 24                              39.8168 GBP

                                                                                                                                 8,724                           39.8424 GBP

                                                                                                                                 341                             39.8469 GBP

                                                                                                                                 381                             39.8668 GBP

                                                                                                                                 514                             39.8677 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7                               39.8743 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,234                           39.8779 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,583                           39.8869 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 28                              39.7388 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,180                           39.7585 GBP

                                                                                                                                 224                             39.7702 GBP

                                                                                                                                 16                              39.7748 GBP

                                                                                                                                 206                             39.7792 GBP

                                                                                                                                 146                             39.7988 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,200                           39.8337 GBP

                                                                                                                                 8                               39.8794 GBP

                                                                                                                                 14,547                          39.8800 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                  200                             39.7855 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1                               39.7982 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2                               39.8000 GBP

                                                                                                                                 80                              39.8636 GBP

                                                                                                                                 43                              39.8800 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 1,685                           39.7494 GBP

                                                                                                                                 316                             39.7528 GBP

                                                                                                                                 960                             39.7831 GBP

                                                                                                                                 25,000                          39.7946 GBP

                                                                                                                                 848                             39.8012 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1                               39.8140 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,335                          39.8199 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,079                           39.8468 GBP

                                                                                                                                 353                             39.8596 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4,663                           39.8800 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,498                           39.8840 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:  30 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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