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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) Full name of discloser:                                                                                                                                                    MELQART ASSET MANAGEMENT (UK) LTD 
  (b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions  disclosed, if different from 1(a):                                                                                  N/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:                                                                                      Exova Group PLC 
  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:                                                         N/A 
  (e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:                                                                                                                                     05 June 2017 
  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 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?                                                NO 
  If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"                                                                                                                      If YES, specify which: 
  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: 
                                                                                                                                                         Interests                            Short positions 
                                                                                                                                                         Number                  %            Number             % 
  (1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 
  (2) Cash-settled derivatives:                                                                                                                          3,921,000               1.57% 
  (3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements  to purchase/sell: 
  TOTAL:                                                                                                                                                 3,921,000               1.57% 
  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 
  (b)                        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
  Class of relevant security                                     Product description                        Nature of dealing                                                    Number of reference securities  Price per unit 
                                                                 e.g. CFD                                   e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a  long/short position 
  Ordinary shares                                                CFD                                        Opening a long position                                              1,435,000                       237.5 
  Ordinary shares                                                CFD                                        Opening a long position                                              2,486,000                       237.5 
  (c)                        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
  (i)                        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
  Class of relevant security Product descriptione.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. 
  (ii)                       Exercise 
  Class of relevant security Product description                                                            Exercising/ exercised against                Number of securities    Exercise price per unit 
                             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) 
                             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" 
  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?                                                                                                                                         NO 
  Date of disclosure:                                                                                                                                    06 June 2017 
  Contact name:                                                                                                                                          J. H. Austin 
  Telephone number:                                                                                                                                      020 3826 4492 
  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 atwww.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
 
 
 

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