Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

16 April 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:				15 Apr 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:			14,608,377	2.52%	366,720	0.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			288,207	0.05%	14,371,612	2.48%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			14,896,584	2.57%	14,738,332	2.55%
(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		159,253		1.9611  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		159,252		1.9583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		115,573		1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		35,198		1.9589  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		28,993		1.9625  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		27,346		1.9618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		23,508		1.9613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21,983		1.9616  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		19,368		1.9605  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		17,412		1.9600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,040		1.9614  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,532		1.9643  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,335		1.9609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,653		1.9594  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,462		1.9630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		337		1.9534  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		388,354		1.9605  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		58,421		1.9572  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		29,391		1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		23,857		1.9561  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		22,341		1.9613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14,051		1.9600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,687		1.9555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,925		1.9622  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,485		1.9603  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,404		1.9620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,149		1.9610  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		666		1.9608  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		256		1.9599  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		Decreasing Short		17	1.9670  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		174	1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		256	1.9599  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		666	1.9608  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,485	1.9603  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,175	1.9618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,520	1.9610  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,805	1.9617  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,687	1.9555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,183	1.9620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,411	1.9597  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,853	1.9612  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,730	1.9615  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,651	1.9600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,341	1.9613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		388,354	1.9605  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		173	1.9539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,462	1.9630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,653	1.9594  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,017	1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,335	1.9609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,413	1.9638  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,346	1.9618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,491	1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,948	1.9606  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		105,517	1.9614  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		159,252	1.9583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		159,253	1.9611  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:				16 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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