REG - Societe Generale SA Spectris PLC - Form 8.3 - Spectris plc
04/03/2022 10:00
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RNS Number : 6799D Societe Generale SA 04 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 Spectris 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: 03/03/2022
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: Oxford Instruments 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: 2,005,184 1.81 8,906 0.01
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 0 0.00 2,542 0.00
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0.00 0 0.00
purchase/sell:
2,005,184 1.81 11,448 0.01
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 8 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 5 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 8 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 98 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 9 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 107 26.5
Ordinary Purchase 83 26.34
Ordinary Purchase 65 26.34
Ordinary Purchase 168 26.3
Ordinary Purchase 21 26.3
Ordinary Purchase 91 27.16
Ordinary Purchase 107 26.44
Ordinary Purchase 91 27.18
Ordinary Purchase 91 27.2
Ordinary Purchase 91 27.31
Ordinary Purchase 106 26.59
Ordinary Purchase 140 26.65
Ordinary Purchase 94 26.63
Ordinary Purchase 13 26.63
Ordinary Purchase 106 26.55
Ordinary Purchase 73 26.78
Ordinary Purchase 841 25.77
Ordinary Purchase 37 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 8 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 26 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 63 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 101 26.88
Ordinary Purchase 45 26.88
Ordinary Purchase 2 26.88
Ordinary Purchase 74 26.88
Ordinary Purchase 50 26.88
Ordinary Purchase 77 26.89
Ordinary Purchase 44 26.89
Ordinary Purchase 71 26.89
Ordinary Purchase 2 26.89
Ordinary Purchase 1,838 25.77
Ordinary Purchase 2 25.77
Ordinary Purchase 1,389 25.77
Ordinary Purchase 622 25.77
Ordinary Purchase 110 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 18 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 8 26.29
Ordinary Purchase 9 25.77
Ordinary Purchase 791 25.77
Ordinary Purchase 104 25.77
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit EUR
Ordinary Purchase 15 32.2
Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit GBP
Ordinary Sale 80 26.97
Ordinary Sale 80 26.78
Ordinary Sale 90 26.54
Ordinary Sale 75 26.8
Ordinary Sale 8 26.96
Ordinary Sale 20 26.96
Ordinary Sale 154 26.98
Ordinary Sale 6 26.8
Ordinary Sale 52 26.96
Ordinary Sale 12 27.1
Ordinary Sale 65 27.1
Ordinary Sale 80 26.54
Ordinary Sale 140 26.53
Ordinary Sale 80 26.51
Ordinary Sale 75 26.32
Ordinary Sale 20 26.32
Ordinary Sale 74 26.26
Ordinary Sale 153 27.12
Ordinary Sale 86 26.43
Ordinary Sale 155 26.9
Ordinary Sale 153 27.16
Ordinary Sale 153 27.18
Ordinary Sale 130 26.55
Ordinary Sale 75 27.05
Ordinary Sale 1,020 26.5
Ordinary Sale 12 27.06
Ordinary Sale 155 26.88
Ordinary Sale 31 26.2
Ordinary Sale 75 26.32
Ordinary Sale 53 26.2
Ordinary Sale 23 26.26
Ordinary Sale 68 26.81
Ordinary Sale 50 26.81
Ordinary Sale 154 27.02
Ordinary Sale 154 26.95
Ordinary Sale 154 26.98
Ordinary Sale 9 26.78
Ordinary Sale 10 26.78
Ordinary Sale 75 26.78
Ordinary Sale 136 26.81
Ordinary Sale 44 26.01
Ordinary Sale 95 26.01
Ordinary Sale 203 26.5
Ordinary Sale 75 27.18
Ordinary Sale 30 27.18
Ordinary Sale 83 26.13
Ordinary Sale 20 26.13
Ordinary Sale 140 26.78
Ordinary Sale 5 27.02
Ordinary Sale 5 27.02
Ordinary Sale 54 27.02
Ordinary Sale 1 27.04
Ordinary Sale 154 27.03
Ordinary Sale 75 27.11
Ordinary Sale 13 27.11
Ordinary Sale 5 27.04
Ordinary Sale 153 27.16
Ordinary Sale 100 26.5
Ordinary Sale 56 27.03
Ordinary Sale 75 27.03
Ordinary Sale 108 27.1
Ordinary Sale 125 26.53
Ordinary Sale 1,021 26.5
Ordinary Sale 140 27.12
Ordinary Sale 26 26.77
Ordinary Sale 30 26.77
Ordinary Sale 27 26.78
Ordinary Sale 294 26.24
Total Purchases 7,922
Total Sales 7,352
(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
(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: 04/03/2022
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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