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Form 8.3 - Spectris plc

8th Mar 2022 12:19

RNS Number : 0469E

Societe Generale SA

08 March 2022

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1. KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	Société Générale S.A.
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Spectris plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	07/03/2022
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES: Oxford Instruments plc

2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	Ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	1,918,621	1.73	5,378	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	297	0.00	0	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	1,918,918	1.73	5,378	0.00

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
Ordinary	Purchase	172	25.53
Ordinary	Purchase	6	25.54
Ordinary	Purchase	75	23.72
Ordinary	Purchase	10	24.89
Ordinary	Purchase	70	24.78
Ordinary	Purchase	49	25.4
Ordinary	Purchase	28	24.89
Ordinary	Purchase	58	24.89
Ordinary	Purchase	75	24.89
Ordinary	Purchase	121	24.89
Ordinary	Purchase	58	24.89
Ordinary	Purchase	16	24.78
Ordinary	Purchase	27	24.88
Ordinary	Purchase	75	24.88
Ordinary	Purchase	161	25.27
Ordinary	Purchase	75	24.91
Ordinary	Purchase	25	24.91
Ordinary	Purchase	70	25.59
Ordinary	Purchase	181	25.6
Ordinary	Purchase	17	24.54
Ordinary	Purchase	184	24.54
Ordinary	Purchase	163	25.54
Ordinary	Purchase	187	25.47
Ordinary	Purchase	189	25.48
Ordinary	Purchase	75	24.68
Ordinary	Purchase	204	25.31
Ordinary	Purchase	15	24.68
Ordinary	Purchase	7	24.77
Ordinary	Purchase	50	24.77
Ordinary	Purchase	78	24.77
Ordinary	Purchase	114	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	114	25.36
Ordinary	Purchase	57	25.45
Ordinary	Purchase	34	25.45
Ordinary	Purchase	167	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	167	25.37
Ordinary	Purchase	12	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	17	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	75	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	209	24.8
Ordinary	Purchase	134	25.45
Ordinary	Purchase	202	24.5
Ordinary	Purchase	6	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	120	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	30	25.45
Ordinary	Purchase	75	24.49
Ordinary	Purchase	39	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	70	25.41
Ordinary	Purchase	83	25.41
Ordinary	Purchase	36	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	36	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	162	25.39
Ordinary	Purchase	3	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	14	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	75	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	69	25.34
Ordinary	Purchase	49	25.33
Ordinary	Purchase	15	25.34
Ordinary	Purchase	107	25.27
Ordinary	Purchase	100	24.62
Ordinary	Purchase	162	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	84	25.37
Ordinary	Purchase	180	25.51
Ordinary	Purchase	6	24.49
Ordinary	Purchase	108	25.36
Ordinary	Purchase	73	25.44
Ordinary	Purchase	41	25.44
Ordinary	Purchase	108	25.41
Ordinary	Purchase	178	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	4	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	224	24.29
Ordinary	Purchase	35	23.73
Ordinary	Purchase	43	25.36
Ordinary	Purchase	65	25.36
Ordinary	Purchase	84	25.46
Ordinary	Purchase	20	25.17
Ordinary	Purchase	73	25.17
Ordinary	Purchase	7	24.29
Ordinary	Purchase	122	25.59
Ordinary	Purchase	114	25.42
Ordinary	Purchase	168	25.52
Ordinary	Purchase	175	25.53
Ordinary	Purchase	165	25.42
Ordinary	Purchase	164	25.43
Ordinary	Purchase	103	25.07
Ordinary	Purchase	164	25.37
Ordinary	Purchase	189	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	187	25.37
Ordinary	Purchase	113	25.37
Ordinary	Purchase	248	25.4
Ordinary	Purchase	148	25.3
Ordinary	Purchase	86	25.36
Ordinary	Purchase	53	24.66
Ordinary	Purchase	69	24.66
Ordinary	Purchase	10	24.66
Ordinary	Purchase	95	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	32	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	63	25.38
Ordinary	Purchase	149	25.3
Ordinary	Purchase	125	25.57
Ordinary	Purchase	6	24.31
Ordinary	Purchase	57	24.31
Ordinary	Purchase	10	24.43
Ordinary	Purchase	112	24.44
Ordinary	Purchase	87	25.52
Ordinary	Purchase	146	25.3
Ordinary	Purchase	96	24.68
Ordinary	Purchase	58	24.58
Ordinary	Purchase	34	24.58
Ordinary	Purchase	5	24.58
Ordinary	Purchase	39	24.31
Ordinary	Sale	108	25.5
Ordinary	Sale	116	25.61
Ordinary	Sale	99	25.5
Ordinary	Sale	109	25.34
Ordinary	Sale	108	25.41
Ordinary	Sale	107	25.36
Ordinary	Sale	34	25.47
Ordinary	Sale	74	25.47
Ordinary	Sale	13	25.47
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.45
Ordinary	Sale	97	25.47
Ordinary	Sale	109	25.43
Ordinary	Sale	108	25.44
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.49
Ordinary	Sale	2	25.53
Ordinary	Sale	107	25.64
Ordinary	Sale	111	25.52
Ordinary	Sale	64	25.54
Ordinary	Sale	46	25.54
Ordinary	Sale	16	25.66
Ordinary	Sale	70	25.66
Ordinary	Sale	16	25.66
Ordinary	Sale	14	25.66
Ordinary	Sale	75	25.72
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.6
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.5
Ordinary	Sale	164	25.3
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.54
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.56
Ordinary	Sale	177	25.65
Ordinary	Sale	123	25.53
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.54
Ordinary	Sale	110	25.46
Ordinary	Sale	98	25.45
Ordinary	Sale	98	25.49
Ordinary	Sale	80	25.49
Ordinary	Sale	14	25.49
Ordinary	Sale	79	25.51
Ordinary	Sale	113	25.51
Ordinary	Sale	5	25.51
Ordinary	Sale	30	25.51
Ordinary	Sale	57	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	784	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	554	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	695	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	107	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	360	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	62	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	12	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	323	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	984	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	1,104	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	974	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	511	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	5,263	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	40	25.57
Ordinary	Sale	56	24.56
Ordinary	Sale	2,839	25.491754
	Total Purchases	9,799
	Total Sales	18,189

(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 GBP

Ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

297

25.49175414

Ordinary

CFD

Closing a short position

2,542

25.49175414

(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

GBP

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit GBP

(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) GBP

4. 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 person 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"

(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person 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"

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	08/03/2022
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number*:	+44 20 7676 6969

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 disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel's Market Surveillance Unit.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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