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RNS Number : 6526Y  JPMorgan Securities Plc  09 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 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    5 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          202,672                     40.7900 GBP                           40.7200 GBP

                             Sale              192,748                     40.7867 GBP                           40.7100 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                                                                  3,600                           40.7649 GBP

                                                                                                                                  285                            40.7619 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4                              40.7818 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  376                            40.7786 GBP

                                                                                                                                  306                            40.7794 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13                             40.7359 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,622                          40.7714 GBP

                                                                                                                                  22,904                         40.7800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,335                          40.7500 GBP

                                                                                                                                  994                            40.7513 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,063                          40.7398 GBP

                                                                                                                                  65                             40.7503 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   11,462                         40.7769 GBP

                                                                                                                                  16,101                         40.7192 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,857                          40.7746 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,140                          40.7735 GBP

                                                                                                                                  665                            40.7715 GBP

                                                                                                                                  8                              40.7782 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4                              40.7550 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  4,270                          40.7820 GBP

                                                                                                                                  398                            40.7682 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,288                          40.7841 GBP

                                                                                                                                  39                             40.7454 GBP

                                                                                                                                  358                            40.7554 GBP

                                                                                                                                  13,300                         40.7800 GBP

                                                                                                                                  3,395                          40.7695 GBP

                                                                                                                                  124                            40.7578 GBP

                                                                                                                                  42,366                         40.7785 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:  09 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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