REG - Societe Generale SA Oxford Instruments - Form 8.3 - Oxford Instruments Plc
01/03/2022 12:30
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RNS Number : 2145D Societe Generale SA 01 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 Oxford Instruments Plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 28/02/2022
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making YES: Spectris plc
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "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: Ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 867,367 1.50 2,279 0.00
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00 64,652 0.11
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
867,367 1.50 66,931 0.12
TOTAL:
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 237 27.35
Ordinary Purchase 230 26.75
Ordinary Purchase 209 26.35
Ordinary Purchase 48 26.65
Ordinary Purchase 48 26.65
Ordinary Purchase 250 21.35
Ordinary Purchase 209 26.35
Ordinary Purchase 157 26.25
Ordinary Purchase 89 26.35
Ordinary Purchase 204 26.4
Ordinary Purchase 130 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 75 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 207 25.7
Ordinary Purchase 202 21.25
Ordinary Purchase 962 26.65
Ordinary Purchase 143 26.6
Ordinary Purchase 133 26.3
Ordinary Purchase 46 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 46 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 46 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 13 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 143 26.3
Ordinary Purchase 154 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 135 26.3
Ordinary Purchase 40 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 35 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 45 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 2 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 7 24.4
Ordinary Purchase 12,500 20.901656
Ordinary Sale 214 26.65
Ordinary Sale 157 21.3
Ordinary Sale 6 21.45
Ordinary Sale 4 21.45
Ordinary Sale 77 21.45
Ordinary Sale 57 21.45
Ordinary Sale 24 21.45
Ordinary Sale 6 21.45
Ordinary Sale 159 21.5
Ordinary Sale 250 20.35
Ordinary Sale 238 21
Ordinary Sale 197 21.45
Ordinary Sale 95 25.8
Ordinary Sale 75 25.8
Ordinary Sale 415 21.45
Ordinary Sale 415 21.45
Ordinary Sale 182 20.35
Ordinary Sale 98 21.3
Ordinary Sale 31 21.3
Ordinary Sale 38 21.3
Ordinary Sale 156 21.2
Ordinary Sale 104 26
Ordinary Sale 169 20.35
Ordinary Sale 98 21.3
Ordinary Sale 66 21.3
Ordinary Sale 181 20.35
Ordinary Sale 98 21.3
Ordinary Sale 17 21.3
Ordinary Sale 47 21.3
Ordinary Sale 191 27
Ordinary Sale 129,500 26.084239
Ordinary Sale 60,200 25.829257
Total Purchases 16,745
Total Sales 193,565
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit GBP
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
Ordinary CFD Increasing a short position 12,500 20.901656
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 129,500 26.08423915
Ordinary CFD Reducing a short position 60,200 25.829257
(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 Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc. GBP
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit GBP
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable) GBP
e.g. subscription, conversion
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"
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 01/03/2022
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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