Halifax – Rns news

Source: Sharecast

RNS Number : 9251R

Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc

21 July 2025

AMENDMENT(2(a), 2(b))

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:	Morgan Stanley & Co. International 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:	Advent International, L.P.
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	17 July 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	PURCHASES	146,939	39.8200 GBP	39.6970 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	146,328	39.8477 GBP	39.6800 GBP
5p ordinary	SALES	154	53.2560 USD	53.2560 USD

(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	CFD	increasing a long position	123	39.6924 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	97	39.6925 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	1,406	39.6944 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	262	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	154	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	350	39.7391 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	653	39.7504 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a long position	115	39.7953 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	88	39.6940 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	333	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	108	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	112	39.7018 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	857	39.7121 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,393	39.7142 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	4,264	39.7238 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	2,088	39.7281 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	1,585	39.7391 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	8,245	39.7396 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	892	39.7662 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	57	39.7738 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	590	39.7880 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	increasing a short position	857	39.7900 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	15	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	48	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	2	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	41	39.7059 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	1,820	39.7071 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	785	39.7215 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	100	39.7549 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a long position	767	39.7600 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,700	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,900	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	3,500	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	2,546	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	350	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	300	39.7000 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	18,709	39.7097 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,121	39.7098 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	941	39.7098 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	5,772	39.7098 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	4,531	39.7098 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	10,070	39.7098 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,381	39.7383 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	1,656	39.7504 GBP
5p ordinary	CFD	reducing a short position	33	39.7800 GBP

(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

N/A

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

N/A

(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)

N/A

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:	21 July 2025
Contact name:	Claire Gordon
Telephone number:	+44 141 245-8893

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.

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.

END

FERDZGZNDMDGKZM

Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Spectris plc.

Date of disclosure:

Contact name:

Telephone number:

Compare our accounts