REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Spectris PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Spectris plc Amend
22/08/2025 16:00
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RNS Number : 4934W JPMorgan Securities Plc 22 August 2025
AMENDMENT
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: 20 August 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 330,253 40.4211 GBP 40.3000 GBP
Sale 541,077 40.4400 GBP 40.2788 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 350 40.3745 GBP
11,590 40.3757 GBP
1,113 40.3926 GBP
4,714 40.3966 GBP
11 40.4028 GBP
1,026 40.4061 GBP
Decrease Short 99 40.2788 GBP
109 40.3207 GBP
90 40.3236 GBP
12 40.3294 GBP
6 40.3560 GBP
16,268 40.3639 GBP
93 40.3656 GBP
1,615 40.3717 GBP
200 40.3850 GBP
365 40.3960 GBP
80,490 40.4000 GBP
Increase Long 400 40.3372 GBP
3,019 40.3645 GBP
500 40.3772 GBP
3,498 40.3912 GBP
38 40.3982 GBP
Increase Short 125,888 40.3202 GBP
37 40.3493 GBP
69 40.3640 GBP
812 40.3644 GBP
5,447 40.3703 GBP
235 40.3704 GBP
1,626 40.3799 GBP
10,898 40.3905 GBP
4,702 40.3970 GBP
9,275 40.4000 GBP
111 40.4006 GBP
403 40.4043 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: 22 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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