RNS Number : 0716E
JPMorgan Securities Plc
08 March 2022
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
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(a) Name of exempt principal trader:
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J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
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(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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Spectris plc
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(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:
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Financial advisor to Oxford Instruments PLC
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(d) Date dealing undertaken:
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4 March 2022
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(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"
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Yes, Oxford Instruments plc
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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
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Class of relevant security
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Purchases/ sales
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Total number of securities
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Highest price per unit paid/received
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Lowest price per unit paid/received
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5p ordinary
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Purchase
Sale
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480,354
110,000
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30.3721 GBP
25.4900 GBP
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24.3000 GBP
24.3300 GBP
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. CFD
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Nature of dealing
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
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Number of reference securities
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Price per unit
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5p ordinary
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Equity Swap
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Decrease Long
Decrease Short
Increase Long
Increase Short
Opening a long position
Opening a short position
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290
4,100
1,340
36
1,363
50
15
231
59
802
158
1,250
321
2
151,330
193,000
2,000
2,890
2,695
1,082
3,860
7,697
3,360
1,113
18
29
1,261
2,920
714
559
48
355
1,093
1,643
526
3,968
945
27
542
561
650
318
1,000
8
1,894
1,633
586
1,325
2,934
17,675
5,945
4,651
586
18,070
11,728
281
59
65
481
787
1,412
3,728
268
452
39
333
446
85
2,613
755
423
12,140
52
200
1,586
127
462
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24.3335 GBP
24.4696 GBP
24.5425 GBP
24.5689 GBP
24.5769 GBP
24.5800 GBP
24.5806 GBP
24.5810 GBP
24.5825 GBP
24.5831 GBP
24.6642 GBP
24.6989 GBP
24.7209 GBP
25.0075 GBP
25.1800 GBP
30.3721 GBP
24.4973 GBP
24.5575 GBP
24.5705 GBP
24.5763 GBP
24.5795 GBP
24.5798 GBP
24.7086 GBP
24.8686 GBP
24.4516 GBP
24.4913 GBP
24.5678 GBP
24.5705 GBP
24.5794 GBP
24.5862 GBP
24.5971 GBP
24.5976 GBP
24.6272 GBP
24.6298 GBP
24.6425 GBP
24.6536 GBP
24.7286 GBP
24.7910 GBP
24.9301 GBP
24.9432 GBP
25.0454 GBP
25.0745 GBP
24.3820 GBP
24.4518 GBP
24.5736 GBP
24.5759 GBP
24.6001 GBP
24.6471 GBP
24.6596 GBP
24.6953 GBP
24.7923 GBP
24.9996 GBP
24.6002 GBP
24.5923 GBP
24.5800 GBP
24.5807 GBP
24.5999 GBP
24.6000 GBP
24.6013 GBP
24.6808 GBP
24.7231 GBP
24.7232 GBP
24.7672 GBP
25.1799 GBP
24.3001 GBP
24.4263 GBP
24.4401 GBP
24.4901 GBP
24.5296 GBP
24.5752 GBP
24.5812 GBP
24.5984 GBP
24.6407 GBP
24.6509 GBP
24.6573 GBP
24.6657 GBP
24.6733 GBP
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.
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Number of securities to which option relates
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Exercise price per unit
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Type
e.g. American, European etc.
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Expiry date
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Option money paid/ received per unit
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(ii) Exercise
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Class of relevant security
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Product description
e.g. call option
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Exercising/ exercised against
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Number of securities
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Exercise price per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
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Class of relevant security
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Nature of dealing
e.g. subscription, conversion
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Details
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Price per unit (if applicable)
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3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
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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"
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None
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(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
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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"
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None
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Date of disclosure:
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8 March 2022
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Contact name:
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Alwyn Basch
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Telephone number:
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020 7742 7407
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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
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