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RNS Number : 0576Y  JPMorgan Securities Plc  04 September 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:                                                    03 September 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          426,177                     40.8018 GBP                           40.5200 GBP

                             Sale              192,797                     40.8200 GBP                           40.5172 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                                                                  50                              40.7800 GBP
                             1,552                                                                                               40.7861 GBP

                             Decrease Short                                                                                      751                             40.5316 GBP
                             228                                                                                                 40.6388 GBP
                             2,162                                                                                               40.7193 GBP
                             3,193                                                                                               40.7217 GBP
                             8,370                                                                                               40.7235 GBP
                             7,464                                                                                               40.7296 GBP
                             265                                                                                                 40.7297 GBP
                             9,127                                                                                               40.7303 GBP
                             854                                                                                                 40.7515 GBP
                             30                                                                                                  40.7559 GBP
                             73                                                                                                  40.7600 GBP
                             9,138                                                                                               40.7671 GBP
                             276                                                                                                 40.7705 GBP
                             11                                                                                                  40.7782 GBP
                             2,538                                                                                               40.7786 GBP
                             178                                                                                                 40.7794 GBP
                             98,087                                                                                              40.7800 GBP

                             Increase Long                                                                                       300                             40.5172 GBP
                             146                                                                                                 40.7356 GBP
                             3,502                                                                                               40.7692 GBP
                             1,400                                                                                               40.7750 GBP

                             Increase Short                                                                                      11,722                          40.5203 GBP
                             14,281                                                                                              40.5235 GBP
                             20,000                                                                                              40.5241 GBP
                             1,218                                                                                               40.5406 GBP
                             1                                                                                                   40.5441 GBP
                             10,000                                                                                              40.5625 GBP
                             10,000                                                                                              40.5848 GBP
                             46,545                                                                                              40.6320 GBP
                             10,000                                                                                              40.6431 GBP
                             43,196                                                                                              40.6706 GBP
                             659                                                                                                 40.6759 GBP
                             33,982                                                                                              40.6851 GBP
                             122                                                                                                 40.7018 GBP
                             2,355                                                                                               40.7176 GBP
                             1,441                                                                                               40.7507 GBP
                             46                                                                                                  40.7510 GBP
                             132                                                                                                 40.7559 GBP
                             708                                                                                                 40.7615 GBP
                             1,343                                                                                               40.7681 GBP
                             11,127                                                                                              40.7800 GBP
                             7                                                                                                   40.7806 GBP
                             578                                                                                                 40.7841 GBP
                             14                                                                                                  40.8018 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:  04 September 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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