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

SpectrisAnnouncement

01/08/2025 11:45

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RNS Number : 6552T  JPMorgan Securities Plc  01 August 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:                                                    31 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          357,460                     39.9400 GBP                           39.8487 GBP

                             Sale              183,993                     39.9200 GBP                           39.8372 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                                                                  42                              39.8641 GBP

                                                                                                                                 85                              39.8694 GBP

                                                                                                                                 40                              39.8804 GBP

                                                                                                                                 3,359                           39.8874 GBP

                                                                                                                                 5,790                           39.8885 GBP

                                                                                                                                 505                             39.9000 GBP

                                                                                                                                 93                              39.9018 GBP

                                                                                                                                 19,035                          39.9057 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 2,806                           39.8537 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,226                           39.8598 GBP

                                                                                                                                 8,594                           39.8686 GBP

                                                                                                                                 68                              39.8723 GBP

                                                                                                                                 9                               39.8756 GBP

                                                                                                                                 322                             39.8786 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4                               39.8788 GBP

                                                                                                                                 104                             39.8792 GBP

                                                                                                                                 313                             39.8906 GBP

                                                                                                                                 799                             39.8952 GBP

                                                                                                                                 263                             39.8959 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7                               39.8988 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7,297                           39.8994 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                  700                             39.8372 GBP

                                                                                                                                 14                              39.8600 GBP

                                                                                                                                 621                             39.8970 GBP

                                                                                                                                 60                              39.8982 GBP

                                                                                                                                 55                              39.9000 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 52                              39.8731 GBP

                                                                                                                                 43,799                          39.8754 GBP

                                                                                                                                 7,543                           39.8840 GBP

                                                                                                                                 2,309                           39.8948 GBP

                                                                                                                                 13,558                          39.9000 GBP

                                                                                                                                 280                             39.9001 GBP

                                                                                                                                 268                             39.9040 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1                               39.9140 GBP

                                                  Opening a Long Position                                                        2                               39.8594 GBP

                                                  Opening a Short Position                                                       2                               39.8606 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:  1 August 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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