REG - Jefferies Intl Ltd Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) Spirent Communications Plc
16/10/2025 09:30
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RNS Number : 6693D Jefferies International Limited 16 October 2025
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN
EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR
WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: Jefferies International Limited
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form Spirent Communications Plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Spirent Communications Plc
connected:
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 15(th) October 2025
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader N/A
making 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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
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(b), 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: 3 1/3p ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 10,841,856 1.838
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 5,108,413 0.866 15,950,269 2.704
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
15,950,269 2.704 15,950,269 2.704
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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), 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 Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,406,344 198.7506 GBX 198.7506 GBX
(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 (GBX)
position
3 1/3p Ordinary Swap Reducing a short position 265,954 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 14,502 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 2,948 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 9,332 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 7,410 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 4,661 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 3,488 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 4,674 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 3,946 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 504,006 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 163,278 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 90,040 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 848,859 198.7006
Swap Reducing a short position 1,145 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 2,205 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 6,511 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 3,841 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 6,510 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 3,074 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 2,791 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 4,212 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 9,935 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 3,305 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 3,710 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 15,473 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 366 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 240 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 8,709 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 21,482 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 6,576 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 21,485 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 11,661 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 7,434 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 6,528 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 17,442 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 100,983 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 1,704 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 11,578 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 3,680 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 11,580 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 5,215 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 6,476 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 1,411 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 70,390 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 10,773 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 33,908 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 10,717 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 33,912 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 23,417 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 19,360 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 1,762 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 196,940 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 11,959 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 37,811 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 95,237 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 44,841 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 95,221 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 11,225 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 13,736 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 788,543 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 6,376 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 64,572 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 23,747 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 64,581 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 4,066 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 33,735 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 25,015 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 26,817 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 48,865 198.7506
Swap Reducing a short position 301,556 198.7506
(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.
(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 exempt
principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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: 16(th) October 2025
Contact name: Jason Williams
Telephone number: 020 7029 8706
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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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