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RNS Number : 1097Y JPMorgan Securities Plc 04 September 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 KKR & CO INV.
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 02 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 178,359 40.5605 GBP 40.4400 GBP
Sale 108,468 40.5600 GBP 40.4400 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 8,000 40.4962 GBP
6,100 40.5005 GBP
423 40.5199 GBP
285 40.5221 GBP
36 40.5242 GBP
Decrease Short 788 40.4734 GBP
1,293 40.4960 GBP
7,811 40.4970 GBP
5 40.4982 GBP
643 40.4994 GBP
8,069 40.5000 GBP
4,594 40.5016 GBP
5,075 40.5034 GBP
800 40.5038 GBP
5,071 40.5068 GBP
12 40.5182 GBP
112 40.5192 GBP
158 40.5247 GBP
382 40.5282 GBP
10,000 40.5370 GBP
259 40.5388 GBP
1,469 40.5398 GBP
Increase Long 1,900 40.4898 GBP
41 40.4939 GBP
600 40.4972 GBP
4,401 40.4980 GBP
649 40.4991 GBP
113 40.5004 GBP
38 40.5006 GBP
Increase Short 13 40.4612 GBP
160 40.4707 GBP
4,842 40.5000 GBP
111 40.5006 GBP
80 40.5007 GBP
2,270 40.5076 GBP
2,681 40.5178 GBP
73,600 40.5203 GBP
31 40.5206 GBP
10,000 40.5241 GBP
559 40.5258 GBP
4 40.5291 GBP
10,000 40.5380 GBP
146 40.5400 GBP
19,441 40.5427 GBP
115 40.5583 GBP
19,917 40.5605 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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