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 relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Spectris plc |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Financial advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 4 August 2025 |
| (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | 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
Sale | 222,034
206,877 | 40.9600 GBP
41.0000 GBP | 40.7757 GBP
40.7400 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
| 5p ordinary | Equity Swap | Decrease Long
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
Opening a long position
Opening a short position | 495 4,198 183 2,213 799 53
19,793 5,207 37 24 655 2,516 148 3,779 3,790 110 574 286 7,172 4,223 35 1,305
3,684 138 1,500 1,500 2,175
6 93 94 1,948 6,971 176 679 2 183 5 321 55 2,116 1,129 457 94 8 21,000 17 1,194 1 22 18,469 102
503 409
912 | 40.8064 GBP 40.8179 GBP 40.8200 GBP 40.8278 GBP 40.8354 GBP 40.8581 GBP
40.7549 GBP 40.7564 GBP 40.7792 GBP 40.7969 GBP 40.8168 GBP 40.8178 GBP 40.8194 GBP 40.8422 GBP 40.8423 GBP 40.8507 GBP 40.8917 GBP 40.9052 GBP 40.9236 GBP 40.9388 GBP 40.9560 GBP 40.9969 GBP
40.8139 GBP 40.8249 GBP 40.9038 GBP 40.9171 GBP 40.9312 GBP
40.7812 GBP 40.7841 GBP 40.7875 GBP 40.8130 GBP 40.8200 GBP 40.8206 GBP 40.8241 GBP 40.8438 GBP 40.8449 GBP 40.8487 GBP 40.8488 GBP 40.8489 GBP 40.8507 GBP 40.8567 GBP 40.8590 GBP 40.8591 GBP 40.8592 GBP 40.8608 GBP 40.8682 GBP 40.8903 GBP 40.9012 GBP 40.9059 GBP 40.9251 GBP 40.9341 GBP
40.8200 GBP 40.9087 GBP
40.9406 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 e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
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(ii) Exercise
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
| Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) |
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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
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(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
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Date of disclosure: | 6 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.
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