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Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc
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: Qube Research & Technologies Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short 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 Spirent Communications plc
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: 16-05-2024
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 N/A
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 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: 3 1/3p ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 0 0 0 0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 7,079,882 1.22 0 0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0 0 0
purchase/sell:
7,079,882 1.22 0 0
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: 0
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 0
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 securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 37 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 40 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 45 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 93 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 109 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 124 190.20
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 163 190.20
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 169 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 170 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 185 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 188 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 208 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 236 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 241 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 250 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 255 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 318 190.00
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 368 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 389 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 415 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 424 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 428 190.00
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 506 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 550 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 615 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 687 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 696 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 871 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 914 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1008 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1070 190.00
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1149 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1215 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1264 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1436 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1442 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1504 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1555 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1658 189.70
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 1722 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 2459 190.20
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 3000 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 3000 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 3000 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 3031 190.00
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 3090 190.00
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap increasing a long position 3202 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 145 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 231 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 257 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 345 190.20
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 439 190.10
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 454 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 460 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 485 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 603 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 604 189.80
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 617 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 749 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 857 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 907 189.55
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 917 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1032 189.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1163 189.80
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1328 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1504 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1578 189.80
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1668 190.30
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1679 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1698 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1722 190.40
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1876 189.60
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 1989 189.90
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 2343 190.00
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 2907 190.00
3 1/3p ordinary Equity swap decreasing a long position 3202 190.30
(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
0 0 0 0
0
(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
0 0 0
0
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: 17-05-2024
Contact name: Stuart Brown
Telephone number: 00442070722969
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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