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Form 8.3 - Spectris plc

14th Jul 2025 13:15

RNS Number : 9719Q

Societe Generale SA

14 July 2025

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:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(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	11/07/2025
(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"	N/A

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:	5p ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	25,05,252	2.52	1,228	0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:	8,17,632	0.82	9,24,252	0.93
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0.00	0	0.00
TOTAL:	33,22,884	3.35	9,25,480	0.93

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
5p ordinary	Purchase	154	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,035	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	638	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	113	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,616	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	250	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	725	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	2,306	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	906	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	2,021	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,430	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	85	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	83	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	86	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	158	39.86
5p ordinary	Purchase	82	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	84	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	17	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	861	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	55	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	7,784	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	4,908	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	3,000	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,145	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	142	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	38	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	79	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	196	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	6,139	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	1,941	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	543	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	3	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	559	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	907	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	279	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	16,994	39.8
5p ordinary	Purchase	94	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	99	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	92	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	101	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	93	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	30	39.86
5p ordinary	Purchase	1	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	90	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	275	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	149	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	100	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	78	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	92	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	48	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	147	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	136	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.86
5p ordinary	Purchase	27	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	15	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	203	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	10	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	9	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	92	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	19	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	100	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	99	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	175	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	88	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	56	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	29	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	23	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	126	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	45	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	21	39.86
5p ordinary	Purchase	48	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.86
5p ordinary	Purchase	27	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	56	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	13	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	9	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	21	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	94	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	25	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	85	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	116	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	25	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	25	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	334	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	202	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	26	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	21	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	9	39.87
5p ordinary	Purchase	31	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	127	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	90	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	27	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	119	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	1	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	127	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	73	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	24	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	89	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	25	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	107	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	191	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	106	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	127	39.89
5p ordinary	Purchase	92	39.9
5p ordinary	Purchase	56	39.88
5p ordinary	Purchase	22	39.87
5p ordinary	Sale	6,139	39.78615
5p ordinary	Sale	4,070	39.80054
5p ordinary	Sale	198	39.81172
5p ordinary	Sale	234	39.81171
5p ordinary	Sale	88	39.88659
5p ordinary	Sale	93	39.8
5p ordinary	Sale	363	39.8
5p ordinary	Sale	413	39.8
5p ordinary	Sale	844	39.8
5p ordinary	Sale	1,072	39.8
5p ordinary	Sale	1,497	39.8
5p ordinary	Sale	3,341	39.8
5p ordinary	Sale	23	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	35	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	39	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	42	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	54	39.86
5p ordinary	Sale	54	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	57	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	65	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	71	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	99	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	246	39.86
5p ordinary	Sale	300	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	37	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	46	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	61	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	69	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	70	39.9
5p ordinary	Sale	100	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	100	39.88
5p ordinary	Sale	109	39.9
5p ordinary	Sale	122	39.9
5p ordinary	Sale	89	39.9
5p ordinary	Sale	92	39.9

(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
5p ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	154	39.8
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6139	39.78615
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4070	39.80054
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	198	39.81172
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	234	39.81171
5p ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	88	39.88659

(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)

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"

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"

None

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

Date of disclosure:	14/07/2025
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.

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

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