Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

09 August 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:				08 Aug 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:			23,773,879	4.11%	1,106,742	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			521,517	0.09%	22,680,602	3.92%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,295,396	4.20%	23,787,344	4.11%
(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		1,950,000		1.7564  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		167,831		1.7660  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		83,353		1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		73,706		1.7587  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		60,382		1.7585  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		49,973		1.7602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		46,849		1.7579  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		28,621		1.7679  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		17,899		1.7589  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		14,228		1.7570  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,504		1.7611  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,623		1.7625  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,078		1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,816		1.7631  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,267		1.7519  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,180		1.7550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,738		1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,342		1.7607  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,086		1.7520  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,906		1.7535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,683		1.7562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,293		1.7540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		942		1.7594  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		645		1.7630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		76		1.7612  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		183,120		1.7593  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		172,357		1.7634  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		81,143		1.7652  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		63,262		1.7668  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		20,918		1.7609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,699		1.7532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,753		1.7504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,215		1.7583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,024		1.7568  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,993		1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,543		1.7544  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,518		1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,409		1.7530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,130		1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		129		1.7537  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		8,623	1.7626  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		89,115	1.7565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		303	1.7562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,940	1.7670  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,416	1.7666  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,130	1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		76	1.7613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,929	1.7628  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,738	1.7679  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,359	1.7681  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		129	1.7537  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		784	1.7579  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,321	1.7562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,133	1.7593  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,590	1.7539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		97,492	1.7673  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,719	1.7641  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		366	1.7612  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		585,000	1.7564  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,706	1.7587  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,972	1.7613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,489	1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,918	1.7609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,342	1.7607  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		59	1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,206	1.7586  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,250	1.7593  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,002	1.7524  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,543	1.7544  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		60,682	1.7630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,365,000	1.7564  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,849	1.7579  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,727	1.7595  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,621	1.7680  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:				09 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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