Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

13 March 2024

 

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:				Barclays PLC.
(b)	Owner or controller of interest and short
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				12 Mar 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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:			14,671,448	2.54%	452,504	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			380,948	0.07%	14,505,606	2.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,052,396	2.60%	14,958,110	2.59%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	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
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		181,273		1.7841  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		150,000		1.7792  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		36,191		1.7810  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		24,282		1.7831  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,913		1.7797  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,410		1.7880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		17,942		1.7796  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		14,033		1.7803  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,896		1.7820  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,329		1.7804  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,555		1.7817  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,334		1.7811  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,099		1.7836  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,155		1.7814  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,717		1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,276		1.7788  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,667		1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,514		1.7815  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,306		1.7813  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,095		1.7840  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		784		1.7802  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		489		1.7785  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		128		1.7822  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		56		1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		41		1.7879  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.7778  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		140,584		1.7806  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		110,241		1.7827  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		68,301		1.7839  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		60,262		1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		48,477		1.7801  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		41,873		1.7880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,955		1.7797  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,045		1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,595		1.7802  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,517		1.7803  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,515		1.7799  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,599		1.7810  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		643		1.7795  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		613		1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		489		1.7787  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		119		1.7790  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		56		1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		35		1.7840  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		12,796	1.7880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		17,092	1.7806  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		642	1.7795  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,621	1.7808  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,067	1.7809  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,140	1.7806  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,964	1.7880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,897	1.7816  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,477	1.7801  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57,272	1.7806  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,865	1.7845  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		12,796	1.7880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5	1.7890  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,060	1.7840  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,514	1.7815  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,104	1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,278	1.7810  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,896	1.7820  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,013	1.7828  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76,171	1.7826  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings 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:
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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				13 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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