Form 8.3 - Astek Group

 
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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) Identity of the person whose              Andrew Oliver 
positions/dealings are being disclosed: 
(b) Owner or controller of interests and 
short positions disclosed, if different from 
1(a): 
 
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is 
insufficient 
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to    Astek Group plc 
whose relevant securities this form 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:    27/04/10 
 
(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed,   YES/NO NO 
or are they today disclosing, under the Code 
in respect of any other party to this offer?  If YES, specify which: 
 
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:                0.5p ORDINARY 
 
                                    Interests      Short positions 
 
                                  Number      %     Number      % 
 
(1) Relevant securities owned     930000    I.32 
and/or controlled: 
(2) Derivatives (other than 
options): 
(3) Options and agreements to 
purchase/sell: 
                                  930000    1.32 
 
TOTAL: 
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed. 
 
Details of any open derivative or option positions, 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 executive options) 
 
Class of relevant security in 
relation to which subscription right 
exists: 
Details, including nature of the 
rights concerned and relevant 
percentages: 
 
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. 
 
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE 
 
(a) Purchases and sales 
 
 Class of relevant  Purchase/sale     Number of     Price per unit 
     security                        securities 
 
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options) 
 
    Class of       Product     Nature of dealing   Number of    Price per 
    relevant     description                       reference       unit 
    security                         e.g.          securities 
                   e.g. CFD    opening/closing a 
                                  long/short 
                                   position, 
                              increasing/reducing 
                                 a long/short 
                                   position 
 
 
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities 
 
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
 Class of     Product    Writing,   Number of  Exercise    Type     Expiry   Option 
 relevant   description purchasing, securities price per             date    money 
 security    e.g. call   selling,    to which    unit      e.g.              paid/ 
              option      varying     option             American,          received 
                           etc.      relates             European           per unit 
                                                           etc. 
 
(ii) Exercising 
 
 
 Class of relevant       Product          Number of      Exercise price 
     security          description       securities         per unit 
 
                    e.g. call option 
 
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
Class of relevant    Nature of dealing      Details    Price per unit 
     security                                          (if applicable) 
                     e.g. subscription, 
                         conversion 
 
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated. 
 
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. 
 
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: 
 
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 
 
(c) Attachments 
 
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? YES/NO NO 
 
Date of disclosure:           28/04/10 
 
Contact name:                 Andrew Oliver 
 
Telephone number:             (0)7808909147 
 
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory 
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at 
[e-mail]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is 
available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure 
requirements on [phone]. 
 
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
 
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