Form 8.3 - Equals Group Plc
November 29 2023 - 7:26AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMEQLS
Downing LLP
LEI: 213800G3X76VBG9SB504
29 November 2023
Form 8.3 re. Equals Group Plc
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: Downing LLP
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(b) Owner or controller of interests Client funds managed
and short positions disclosed, if by Downing LLP Downing
different from 1(a): Strategic Micro-Cap Investment
Trust plc
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation Equals Group Plc
to whose relevant securities this
form relates:
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected n/a
with an offeror/offeree, state this
and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 27 November 2023
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(f) In addition to the company in No
1(c) above, is the discloser making
disclosures in respect of any other
party to the offer?
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2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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 shares 1p
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Interests Short positions
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Number % Number %
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(1) Relevant securities 4,986,750 2.68
owned and/or controlled:
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives
(including options) and
agreements to purchase/sell:
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TOTAL: 4,986,750 2.68
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(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other employee options)
Class of relevant security
in relation to which subscription
right exists:
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Details, including nature
of the rights concerned and
relevant percentages:
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3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
security
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1p Ordinary Shares Purchase Purchase 30,698 30,000 1.12 1.12
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(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant Product description Nature of dealing Number of Price per
security reference unit
securities
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(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including
options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, of securities price date money
security selling, to which per unit paid/
varying etc. option received
relates per unit
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(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ Number of securities Exercise price
security exercised against per unit
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit
security (if applicable)
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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:
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None
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(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:
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None
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
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Date of disclosure: 29 November 2023
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Contact name: Grant Whitehouse
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Telephone number*: 0207 416 7780
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