Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

22 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:				19 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:			15,959,346	2.76%	5,419,060	0.94%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			288,207	0.05%	15,701,625	2.71%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			16,247,553	2.81%	21,120,685	3.65%
(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		80,349		1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		44,907		1.9295  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		30,909		1.9356  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		28,217		1.9337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		20,887		1.9348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16,061		1.9334  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		12,957		1.9340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,092		1.9379  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,937		1.9309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,992		1.9371  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,146		1.9315  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,942		1.9304  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,004		1.9339  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,422		1.9290  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,401		1.9378  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		618		1.9480  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		107,730		1.9316  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,196		1.9307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,128		1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,742		1.9318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,118		1.9350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,915		1.9353  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,163		1.9298  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		867		1.9488  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		807		1.9335  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		717		1.9310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		618		1.9480  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		88		1.9438  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2		1.9590  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 Short		2	1.9600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		88	1.9438  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		370	1.9334  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		408	1.9500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		539	1.9338  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		867	1.9488  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,518	1.9384  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,744	1.9382  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,163	1.9298  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,507	1.9330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,556	1.9389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,592	1.9316  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,294	1.9388  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		12,601	1.9328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,128	1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,196	1.9307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,266	1.9406  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,866	1.9340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,922	1.9291  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,472	1.9367  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,086	1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		19,053	1.9289  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,887	1.9348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,217	1.9337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74,554	1.9344  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:				22 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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