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Form 8.3 - Spectris plc

2nd Mar 2022 08:56

RNS Number : 3583D

Societe Generale SA

02 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	01/03/2022
(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:	2,349,966	2.12	5,923	0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	0	0.00	2,542	0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	2,349,966	2.12	8,465	0.01

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	155	27.47
Ordinary	Purchase	80	27.62
Ordinary	Purchase	168	26.99
Ordinary	Purchase	154	27.48
Ordinary	Purchase	156	27.51
Ordinary	Purchase	80	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	36	27.54
Ordinary	Purchase	155	27.52
Ordinary	Purchase	91	27.14
Ordinary	Purchase	86	27.24
Ordinary	Purchase	5	27.24
Ordinary	Purchase	91	27.16
Ordinary	Purchase	172	27.24
Ordinary	Purchase	168	27.22
Ordinary	Purchase	91	27.22
Ordinary	Purchase	158	27.12
Ordinary	Purchase	188	27.06
Ordinary	Purchase	92	27.06
Ordinary	Purchase	160	27.12
Ordinary	Purchase	10	27.26
Ordinary	Purchase	75	27.26
Ordinary	Purchase	91	27.2
Ordinary	Purchase	112	26.98
Ordinary	Purchase	47	26.98
Ordinary	Purchase	31	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	75	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	37	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	6	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	17	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	158	27.05
Ordinary	Purchase	156	27.06
Ordinary	Purchase	61	27.5
Ordinary	Purchase	37	27.5
Ordinary	Purchase	166	27.05
Ordinary	Purchase	10	27.54
Ordinary	Purchase	178	27.03
Ordinary	Purchase	84	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	13	27.54
Ordinary	Purchase	170	27.04
Ordinary	Purchase	30	27.62
Ordinary	Purchase	75	27.62
Ordinary	Purchase	5,367	27
Ordinary	Purchase	49	27
Ordinary	Purchase	88	27
Ordinary	Purchase	1,548	27
Ordinary	Purchase	1,340	27
Ordinary	Purchase	74	27
Ordinary	Purchase	6,048	27
Ordinary	Purchase	3,018	27
Ordinary	Purchase	2,061	27
Ordinary	Purchase	168	27
Ordinary	Purchase	639	27
Ordinary	Purchase	637	27
Ordinary	Purchase	161	27
Ordinary	Purchase	1,034	27
Ordinary	Purchase	495	27
Ordinary	Purchase	152	27
Ordinary	Purchase	90	27
Ordinary	Purchase	86	27
Ordinary	Purchase	294	27
Ordinary	Purchase	424	27
Ordinary	Purchase	3,214	27
Ordinary	Purchase	890	27
Ordinary	Purchase	84	27
Ordinary	Purchase	3,914	27
Ordinary	Purchase	1,394	27
Ordinary	Purchase	117	27
Ordinary	Purchase	13	27
Ordinary	Purchase	417	27
Ordinary	Purchase	384	27
Ordinary	Purchase	496	27
Ordinary	Purchase	1,537	27
Ordinary	Purchase	162	27
Ordinary	Purchase	81	27
Ordinary	Purchase	634	27
Ordinary	Purchase	40	27.61
Ordinary	Purchase	43	27.61
Ordinary	Purchase	77	27.54
Ordinary	Purchase	40	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	78	27.55
Ordinary	Purchase	71	27.27
Ordinary	Purchase	50	27.27
Ordinary	Purchase	85	27.65
Ordinary	Purchase	9	27.64
Ordinary	Purchase	162,455	27.7
Ordinary	Purchase	162,455	27.7
Ordinary	Sale	141	27.44
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	147	27.6
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.44
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.52
Ordinary	Sale	140	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	37	27.5
Ordinary	Sale	121	27.57
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.52
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.58
Ordinary	Sale	170	27.5
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.59
Ordinary	Sale	37	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	4	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.53
Ordinary	Sale	186	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	35	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	6	27.14
Ordinary	Sale	183	27.46
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.46
Ordinary	Sale	24	27.14
Ordinary	Sale	124	27.14
Ordinary	Sale	42	27.71
Ordinary	Sale	3	27.71
Ordinary	Sale	19	27.71
Ordinary	Sale	155	27.33
Ordinary	Sale	25	27.6
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	41	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	36	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.51
Ordinary	Sale	40	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.44
Ordinary	Sale	100	27.19
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.55
Ordinary	Sale	35	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	97	27.36
Ordinary	Sale	38	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	56	27.36
Ordinary	Sale	94	27.53
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.51
Ordinary	Sale	39	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	40	27.59
Ordinary	Sale	77	27.59
Ordinary	Sale	41	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	4	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	205	27.56
Ordinary	Sale	128	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	110	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	80	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	7	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	77	27.51
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	38	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	153	27.44
Ordinary	Sale	90	27.45
Ordinary	Sale	138	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	76	27.55
Ordinary	Sale	78	27.55
Ordinary	Sale	63	27.45
Ordinary	Sale	15	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.53
Ordinary	Sale	43	27.5
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.52
Ordinary	Sale	35	27.45
Ordinary	Sale	96	27.12
Ordinary	Sale	60	27.45
Ordinary	Sale	140	27.08
Ordinary	Sale	35	27.56
Ordinary	Sale	40	27.47
Ordinary	Sale	109	27.71
Ordinary	Sale	154	27.27
Ordinary	Sale	26	27.12
Ordinary	Sale	35	27.51
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.51
Ordinary	Sale	92	27.45
Ordinary	Sale	75	27.56
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.46
Ordinary	Sale	58	27.45
Ordinary	Sale	9	27.2
Ordinary	Sale	292	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	35	27.48
Ordinary	Sale	127	27.53
Ordinary	Sale	154	27.27
Ordinary	Sale	145	27.2
Ordinary	Sale	126	27.6
Ordinary	Sale	11	27.44
Ordinary	Sale	154	27.25
Ordinary	Sale	152	27.49
Ordinary	Sale	156	27.5
Ordinary	Sale	80	27.5
Ordinary	Sale	4	27.14
Ordinary	Sale	185	27.14
Ordinary	Sale	135	27
Ordinary	Sale	22	27
	Total Purchases	366,438
	Total Sales	8,879

(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

(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:	02/03/2022
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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