Form 8.3 -SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

30 May 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:				29 May 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:			13,149,379	2.27%	5,772,088	1.00%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,820,979	0.31%	13,213,216	2.28%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			14,970,358	2.59%	18,985,304	3.28%
(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		371,279		1.8300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		183,004		1.8328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		172,289		1.8310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		171,755		1.8315  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		64,390		1.8316  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		58,603		1.8314  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		42,224		1.8329  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		35,353		1.8307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31,005		1.8297  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16,489		1.8305  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,094		1.8330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,833		1.8303  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,427		1.8301  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,371		1.8311  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,338		1.8306  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		882		1.8298  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		372,904		1.8300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		159,481		1.8330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		136,030		1.8324  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		53,448		1.8303  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		20,387		1.8310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,277		1.8305  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,078		1.8313  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,858		1.8308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,885		1.8314  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,592		1.8315  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,814		1.8311  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,007		1.8297  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,081		1.8307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,940		1.8295  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,339		1.8294  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		212		1.8290  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 Long		31,005	1.8297  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64,390	1.8316  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		215	1.8319  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,377	1.8326  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,810	1.8330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,672	1.8314  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,696	1.8322  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,940	1.8295  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,051	1.8304  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,858	1.8308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		43,721	1.8297  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,371	1.8311  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,012	1.8305  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,230	1.8314  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		9,094	1.8329  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,840	1.8330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,920	1.8304  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26,356	1.8306  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,603	1.8314  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		158,189	1.8310  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:				30 May 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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