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RNS Number : 1341A  JPMorgan Securities Plc  19 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:                                                    11 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          98,810                      40.9241 GBP                           40.8800 GBP

                             Sale              64,112                      40.9400 GBP                           40.8800 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                                                                  2,630                           40.8861 GBP

                                                                                                                                 27                              40.8915 GBP

                                                                                                                                 1,790                           40.8976 GBP

                                                                                                                                 13,307                          40.9064 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                 15                              40.8759 GBP

                                                                                                                                 248                             40.8794 GBP

                                                                                                                                 84                              40.8859 GBP

                                                                                                                                 462                             40.8944 GBP

                                                                                                                                 4                               40.9000 GBP

                                                                                                                                 16,261                          40.9061 GBP

                                                                                                                                 141                             40.9067 GBP

                                                                                                                                 256                             40.9083 GBP

                                                                                                                                 32                              40.9159 GBP

                                                                                                                                 6,720                           40.9171 GBP

                                                                                                                                 8,244                           40.9174 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                  11,152                          40.8769 GBP

                                                                                                                                 14                              40.8782 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                 16,870                          40.8800 GBP

                                                                                                                                 157                             40.8806 GBP

                                                                                                                                 20,400                          40.8820 GBP

                                                                                                                                 370                             40.8841 GBP

                                                                                                                                 262                             40.9012 GBP

                                                                                                                                 55                              40.9033 GBP

                                                                                                                                 42                              40.9041 GBP

                                                                                                                                 36                              40.9074 GBP

                                                                                                                                 919                             40.9083 GBP

                                                                                                                                 28                              40.9109 GBP

                                                                                                                                 11,325                          40.9182 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:  19 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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