Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 

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 relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Spirent Communications plc
(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: For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	20-05-2024
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”	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:	6,993,928	1.21	0	0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	0	0	0	0
TOTAL:	6,993,928	1.21	0	0

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 e.g. call option	Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	31	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	51	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	57	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	69	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	97	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	121	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	143	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	209	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	214	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	214	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	220	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	267	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	268	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	289	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	301	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	306	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	335	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	349	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	351	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	373	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	400	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	420	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	450	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	458	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	520	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	523	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	562	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	578	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	634	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	753	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	770	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	796	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	846	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	863	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	920	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	950	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	951	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1047	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1109	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1214	188.70
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1296	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1436	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1500	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1527	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1563	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1641	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1681	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1684	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1745	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1786	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	1849	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2057	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2057	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2208	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2348	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2382	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2712	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2842	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2938	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2940	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	2993	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3294	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3353	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3536	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	3543	188.70
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	4120	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	5862	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	5872	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	6947	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	increasing a long position	7931	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1	194.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	309	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	327	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	437	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	450	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	838	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1004	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1195	188.75
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1310	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1375	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1384	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1403	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1468	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1575	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1641	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1657	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1689	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1770	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1811	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	1990	189.20
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2037	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2057	189.10
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2208	188.80
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2419	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2636	188.60
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	2842	189.30
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	3095	188.70
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	3135	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	3476	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	4120	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	6240	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	6250	188.90
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	8188	189.00
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	14770	188.50
3 1/3p ordinary	Equity swap	decreasing a long position	16160	189.00

(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 e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii) Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit
0	0	0	0	0

(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security	Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion	Details	Price per unit (if applicable)
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:	21-05-2024
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 [phone]. The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

Category Code: RET

Sequence Number: 1228374

Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20240521T113647+0100