REG - Morgan Stanley & Co. Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)- Replacement of Spectris plc
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RNS Number : 0429Q Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc 07 July 2025
AMENDMENT(2(a), 2(b))
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: Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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 Advent International, L.P.
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 02 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 SALES 1,781,681 40.3697 GBP 39.7121 GBP
5p ordinary PURCHASES 1,205,165 40.5405 GBP 39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary SALES 512 54.0861 USD 54.0861 USD
(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 CFD increasing a long position 4,834 39.7121 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 4,879 39.7121 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 946 39.7121 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,226 39.7140 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 6 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 512 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,331 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 5,389 39.7214 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 504 39.7715 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 1,616 39.8930 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 442 39.9128 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 447 39.9128 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 86 39.9128 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a long position 677 40.0400 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 17,449 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 46 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 418 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,000 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 10,000 39.7594 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,000 39.7700 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,162 39.7796 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 856 39.7796 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,616 39.7796 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,147 39.7796 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 102 39.7796 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 366 39.7796 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,393 39.7930 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,426 39.8498 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,208 39.8498 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,468 39.8498 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 4,170 39.8515 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,227 39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 10,772 39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 100,000 39.8622 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 21,544 39.8795 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 13,923 39.9070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,180 39.9070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 11,283 39.9070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 16,158 39.9078 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 10,772 39.9099 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,627 39.9138 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,360 39.9141 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 27,846 39.9141 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 22,566 39.9141 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,925 39.9200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 446 39.9200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,273 39.9200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,253 39.9200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 309 39.9202 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 20,000 39.9385 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 17,276 39.9404 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 100,400 39.9598 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 50,000 40.0121 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 3,280 40.0175 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,559 40.0175 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 4,116 40.0175 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 17,666 40.0175 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 12,379 40.0175 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 45,550 40.0320 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 187 40.0479 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 325 40.0479 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 4,900 40.0500 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,096 40.0500 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 9,255 40.0500 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 149,519 40.0668 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 24,025 40.0668 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 41,456 40.0668 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 60 40.1070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 10,260 40.1070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 698 40.1070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,268 40.1070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,434 40.1070 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 10,404 40.1401 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 41,523 40.1401 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 23,144 40.1401 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 45,926 40.1401 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 24,318 40.1401 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,012 40.1401 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,645 40.1443 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 926 40.1983 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 8,833 40.2602 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,190 40.2602 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,058 40.2602 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,279 40.2602 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,640 40.2602 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 5,000 40.3000 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,279 40.5405 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 6,190 40.5405 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 8,833 40.5405 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 2,058 40.5405 GBP
5p ordinary CFD increasing a short position 1,640 40.5405 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 3,891 39.8071 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 169 39.8516 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 20 39.8516 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 67 39.8516 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 387 39.8516 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1 39.8700 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 7,026 39.8858 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 61 39.9138 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 1,181 39.9202 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 96 39.9600 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a long position 54 40.0200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 70 39.7200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 22 39.7218 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 4,807 39.8600 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 153 39.8650 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 48,015 39.8761 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 19,726 39.8800 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 127,912 39.8800 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 22,871 39.8852 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 6,374 39.8863 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 7 39.9000 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 485 39.9050 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 309 39.9134 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 162 39.9822 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 248 39.9848 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 822 39.9937 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 130 39.9954 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 494 40.0021 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 2,720 40.0200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 17,635 40.0200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 250 40.0200 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 111,130 40.0400 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 720,587 40.0400 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 346 40.0441 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,444 40.0525 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 57,551 40.1171 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 373,176 40.1171 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 5,274 40.1851 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 17,919 40.2446 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 11,291 40.2898 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 1,741 40.2898 GBP
5p ordinary CFD reducing a short position 27,000 40.3697 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.
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
(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
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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: 07 July 2025
Contact name: Craig Horsley
Telephone number: +44 141 245-7736
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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