Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

13 June 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 Jun 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:			15,316,731	2.65%	5,600,002	0.97%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,655,290	0.29%	15,424,902	2.67%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			16,972,021	2.93%	21,024,904	3.63%
(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		83,249		1.8390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		52,702		1.8396  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		51,732		1.8383  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		27,134		1.8416  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,188		1.8425  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,719		1.8409  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,897		1.8454  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,400		1.8408  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,000		1.8478  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,839		1.8418  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		789		1.8427  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2		1.8420  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		95,526		1.8395  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		56,548		1.8393  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		42,101		1.8402  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		35,885		1.8390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,847		1.8370  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,809		1.8490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,515		1.8419  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,989		1.8411  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,062		1.8369  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,578		1.8410  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,530		1.8481  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,441		1.8401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,766		1.8409  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,398		1.8420  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		898		1.8417  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		789		1.8429  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		718		1.8389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		694		1.8380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2		1.8421  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		319	1.8415  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		898	1.8417  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,077	1.8415  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,383	1.8389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,003	1.8422  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,067	1.8398  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,062	1.8370  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,515	1.8419  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,809	1.8490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,974	1.8425  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		50,798	1.8404  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		56,548	1.8393  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		718	1.8389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,191	1.8440  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,061	1.8482  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,065	1.8402  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,719	1.8409  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,027	1.8441  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,511	1.8390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,932	1.8390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,134	1.8416  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 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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