TIDMSDL 
 
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:                          Aberforth Partners LLP, on behalf 
                                                     of discretionary clients. 
 
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short       N/A 
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 relates:               SDL plc 
     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree 
 
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an      N/A 
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of 
offeror/offeree: 
 
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 
     For an opening position disclosure, state the   03/11/2020 
latest practicable date prior to the disclosure 
 
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is    YES / NO / N/A    NO 
the discloser making disclosures in respect of any   If YES, specify which: 
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 Shares 
 
                                            Interests               Short positions 
 
                                          Number          %          Number          % 
 
(1) Relevant securities owned and/       6,861,888      7.53%           0           0.0 
or controlled: 
 
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 
 
(3) Stock-settled derivatives 
(including options) and agreements 
to purchase/sell: 
 
     TOTAL:                              6,861,888      7.53%           0           0.0 
 
Aberforth Partners LLP does not have discretion regarding voting decisions in 
respect of 1,451,005 shares included in the total disclosed above. This total 
includes 1,451,005 shares held by The Wellcome Trust, who retain voting control 
over their shareholding. No other client, who falls into this category, holds 
more than 1% of the relevant security. 
 
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  N/A 
which subscription right exists: 
 
Details, including nature of the rights    N/A 
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       Purchase/sale     Number of securities     Price per unit 
      security 
 
   Ordinary Shares            Sale                 171,947                 669p 
 
(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions 
 
    Class of        Product         Nature of dealing       Number of    Price per unit 
    relevant      description    e.g. opening/closing a     reference 
    security        e.g. CFD      long/short position,      securities 
                                  increasing/reducing a 
                                   long/short position 
 
N/A 
 
(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) 
 
(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
Class of    Product      Writing,    Number of  Exercise    Type     Expiry    Option 
relevant  description   purchasing,  securities price per   e.g.      date      money 
security   e.g. call     selling,     to which    unit    American,             paid/ 
             option    varying etc.    option             European            received 
                                      relates               etc.              per unit 
 
N/A 
 
(ii)        Exercise 
 
Class of relevant      Product         Exercising/        Number of      Exercise price 
    security         description    exercised against    securities         per unit 
                  e.g. call option 
 
N/A 
 
(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) 
 
 Class of relevant       Nature of dealing             Details        Price per unit (if 
     security            e.g. subscription,                              applicable) 
                             conversion 
 
N/A 
 
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: 
                                           04 November 2020 
 
Contact name:                              Michael Campbell, for Aberforth Partners 
                                           LLP 
 
Telephone number:                          0131 220 0733 
 
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 at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk. 
 
 
 
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