FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the Code)
1. KEY INFORMATION
| (a) Name of exempt principal trader: | UBS Investment Bank, London |
| (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Spirent Communications plc |
| (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | Spirent Communications plc |
| (d) Date dealing undertaken: | 06 March 2024 |
| (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | NO |
2. DEALINGS 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 2(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 | Buy
| 3757619 | 1.76750 GBP | 1.71880 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sell
| 3313904 | 1.76750 GBP | 1.71880 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 69242 | 1.752022 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 3665 | 1.75748703956344 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 9102 | 1.7567985058229 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 8500 | 1.75 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 6450 | 1.75125953 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 12010 | 1.75696619483764 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 46063 | 1.75508716 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 100000 | 1.7591 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1176 | 1.757691 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 1469 | 1.756943 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 6151 | 1.7585 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 10021 | 1.75582776170043 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 10952 | 1.755767 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 41721 | 1.750724 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 8430 | 1.749965 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 13622 | 1.753338 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 6705 | 1.75488591 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 96162 | 1.756789 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 354 | 1.752458 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 734 | 1.75597805 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 959 | 1.75624609 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 370 | 1.749919 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 10320 | 1.753914 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 60680 | 1.759 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 13227 | 1.755518 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Long | 5295 | 1.75696619452314 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 25520 | 1.75175 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 500158 | 1.75131251 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 12306 | 1.724824 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 29526 | 1.75911363 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 59048 | 1.760136 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 118096 | 1.755 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 118096 | 1.76264 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 118096 | 1.7583 GBP |
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD
| Short | 2644 | 1.755743 GBP |
(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 |
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(ii) Exercise
| Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit |
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(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) |
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3. 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 " |
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None
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(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" |
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None |
Date of disclosure: | 07 March 2024 |
Contact name: | Richard Howard |
Telephone number: | +44 (0)207 568 9128 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
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