Source - LSE Regulatory
RNS Number : 9218D
JPMorgan Securities Plc
07 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

 

(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 Oxford Instruments PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

3 March 2022

(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"

Yes, Oxford Instruments plc

 

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

155,634

 

129,821

27.5157 GBP

 

27.4500 GBP

25.7700 GBP

 

25.7700 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

1,619

1,230

631

240

962

847

541

62

2,498

1,027

310

 

73

106

109

390

25

33

746

11

20,495

180

 

56

4,025

2,606

4,359

2,076

18

501

501

2,350

10

695

2,763

2

9,213

1,451

349

 

3,060

1,310

2,957

1,000

1,647

66

31

33

16,191

200

23,563

12,000

3,594

 

1,468

273

651

3,083

1,134

366

33

140

 

1,713

679

2,062

745

1,057

1,711

386

430

106

202

119

25.7706 GBP

25.7726 GBP

26.0575 GBP

26.0590 GBP

26.2438 GBP

26.4626 GBP

26.5053 GBP

26.6796 GBP

26.6845 GBP

27.1955 GBP

27.3683 GBP

 

25.7661 GBP

26.2929 GBP

26.2935 GBP

26.5044 GBP

26.6104 GBP

26.6105 GBP

26.6106 GBP

26.6108 GBP

27.0037 GBP

27.3182 GBP

 

26.1566 GBP

26.2839 GBP

26.3416 GBP

26.4979 GBP

26.5643 GBP

26.5685 GBP

26.6080 GBP

26.6099 GBP

26.6339 GBP

26.8133 GBP

26.8163 GBP

26.8445 GBP

26.8573 GBP

26.9045 GBP

27.0746 GBP

27.1580 GBP

 

25.7705 GBP

25.8408 GBP

25.9876 GBP

26.0797 GBP

26.1044 GBP

26.1355 GBP

26.2197 GBP

26.2211 GBP

26.3176 GBP

26.5003 GBP

26.7035 GBP

26.7334 GBP

26.9948 GBP

 

25.7700 GBP

26.2089 GBP

26.3095 GBP

26.6047 GBP

26.6361 GBP

26.8470 GBP

26.8499 GBP

27.1999 GBP

 

25.7700 GBP

25.7713 GBP

26.3254 GBP

26.5053 GBP

26.5233 GBP

26.6228 GBP

26.6456 GBP

26.7500 GBP

26.7887 GBP

26.9101 GBP

27.0655 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









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit





 

 

 

(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)


 

 



 

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:

7 March 2022

Contact name:

Alwyn Basch

Telephone number:

020 7742 7407

 

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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