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Morgan Stanley & Co. - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Replacement of Spectris plc

RNS Number : 8626P
Morgan Stanley & Co. Int'l plc
04 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:

02 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

SALES

1,781,681

40.3697 GBP

39.7121 GBP

5p ordinary

PURCHASES

1,155,165

40.5405 GBP

39.7000 GBP

5p ordinary

SALES

512

54.0861 USD

54.0861 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

4,834

39.7121 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

4,879

39.7121 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

946

39.7121 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,226

39.7140 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

6

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

512

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,331

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

5,389

39.7214 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

504

39.7715 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

1,616

39.8930 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

442

39.9128 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

447

39.9128 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

86

39.9128 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a long position

677

40.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

17,449

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

46

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

418

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,000

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

10,000

39.7594 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,000

39.7700 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,162

39.7796 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

856

39.7796 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,616

39.7796 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,147

39.7796 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

102

39.7796 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

366

39.7796 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,393

39.7930 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,426

39.8498 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,208

39.8498 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,468

39.8498 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,170

39.8515 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,227

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

10,772

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

100,000

39.8622 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

21,544

39.8795 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

13,923

39.9070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,180

39.9070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

11,283

39.9070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

16,158

39.9078 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

10,772

39.9099 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,627

39.9138 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,360

39.9141 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

27,846

39.9141 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

22,566

39.9141 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,925

39.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

446

39.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,273

39.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,253

39.9200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

309

39.9202 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

20,000

39.9385 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

17,276

39.9404 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

100,400

39.9598 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

50,000

40.0121 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

3,280

40.0175 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,559

40.0175 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,116

40.0175 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

17,666

40.0175 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

12,379

40.0175 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

45,550

40.0320 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

187

40.0479 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

325

40.0479 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

4,900

40.0500 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,096

40.0500 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

9,255

40.0500 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

149,519

40.0668 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

24,025

40.0668 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

41,456

40.0668 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

60

40.1070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

10,260

40.1070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

698

40.1070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,268

40.1070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,434

40.1070 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

10,404

40.1401 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

41,523

40.1401 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

23,144

40.1401 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

45,926

40.1401 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

24,318

40.1401 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,012

40.1401 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,645

40.1443 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

926

40.1983 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

8,833

40.2602 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,190

40.2602 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,058

40.2602 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,279

40.2602 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,640

40.2602 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

5,000

40.3000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,279

40.5405 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

6,190

40.5405 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

8,833

40.5405 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

2,058

40.5405 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

increasing a short position

1,640

40.5405 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

3,891

39.8071 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

169

39.8516 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

20

39.8516 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

67

39.8516 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

387

39.8516 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1

39.8700 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

7,026

39.8858 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

61

39.9138 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

1,181

39.9202 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

96

39.9600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a long position

54

40.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

70

39.7200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

22

39.7218 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

4,807

39.8600 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

153

39.8650 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

48,015

39.8761 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

19,726

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

127,912

39.8800 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

22,871

39.8852 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

6,374

39.8863 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

7

39.9000 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

485

39.9050 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

309

39.9134 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

162

39.9822 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

248

39.9848 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

822

39.9937 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

130

39.9954 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

494

40.0021 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

2,720

40.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

17,635

40.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

250

40.0200 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

111,130

40.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

720,587

40.0400 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

346

40.0441 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,444

40.0525 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

57,551

40.1171 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

373,176

40.1171 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

5,274

40.1851 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

17,919

40.2446 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

11,291

40.2898 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

1,741

40.2898 GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

reducing a short position

27,000

40.3697 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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

N/A

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

N/A

N/A

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:

04 July 2025

Contact name:

Craig Horsley

Telephone number:

+44 141 245-7736

 

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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