Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			14,752,729	2.55%	363,363	0.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			328,362	0.06%	14,634,701	2.53%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,081,091	2.61%	14,998,064	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		143,077		1.7811  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		41,798		1.7844  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		29,989		1.7824  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		28,016		1.7840  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		25,021		1.7828  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,861		1.7833  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,711		1.7805  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,902		1.7831  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,357		1.7815  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,092		1.7827  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,768		1.7859  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,738		1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,645		1.7845  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		818		1.7990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		284		1.7850  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		91,970		1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27,545		1.7834  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,337		1.7829  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,647		1.7832  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,693		1.7845  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,700		1.7853  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,204		1.7862  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,464		1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,400		1.7801  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		867		1.7819  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		54		1.7789  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		SWAP		Closing Short		9,392	1.7847  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		19,931	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		775	1.7845  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		867	1.7819  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,400	1.7801  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,700	1.7853  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,778	1.7832  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,897	1.7851  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,337	1.7841  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,337	1.7829  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,766	1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		818	1.7989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,645	1.7845  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,192	1.7822  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,519	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,732	1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,798	1.7844  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,868	1.7823  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		91,610	1.7821  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:				15 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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