Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

15 July 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 Jul 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:			28,154,384	4.87%	763,365	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			389,732	0.07%	27,719,596	4.79%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			28,544,116	4.93%	28,482,961	4.92%
(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		250,000		1.7958  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		30,139		1.8093  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,857		1.8196  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,537		1.8169  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,209		1.8130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,084		1.8197  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,797		1.8058  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,368		1.8149  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,530		1.8200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,339		1.8185  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,000		1.8140  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,841		1.8160  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,377		1.8170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,680		1.7935  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,641		1.8155  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,540		1.8040  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,300		1.8100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,055		1.8186  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,006		1.8085  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,783		1.8120  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,681		1.8170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,245		1.7992  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,254		1.8200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,376		1.8010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,275		1.8128  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,085		1.8160  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		273		1.7930  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		Opening Short		8,463	1.8150  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,553	1.8095  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,462	1.8037  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		12,445	1.8073  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		273	1.7929  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	1.8019  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,243	1.8097  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,436	1.8170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,700	1.8101  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,245	1.7992  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,376	1.8010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,110	1.8170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,000	1.7959  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,857	1.8196  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,408	1.8197  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,275	1.8128  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,368	1.8149  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,697	1.8100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30	1.8170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		175,000	1.7959  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		923	1.8187  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,084	1.8197  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 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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