Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

28 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  relevant securities this form relates:			SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
(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:			27 Aug 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				24,940,624	4.31%	1,082,865	0.19%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				521,517	0.09%	23,927,454	4.14%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				25,462,141	4.40%	25,010,319	4.32%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	60,466	1.7749  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	26,658	1.7736  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	16,452	1.7719  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	14,288	1.7804  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	11,669	1.7779  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	9,446	1.7726  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	8,530	1.7796  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,851	1.7802  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,505	1.7770  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,432	1.7698  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,665	1.7855  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,589	1.7955  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,547	1.7850  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,327	1.7781  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	209	1.7660  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	178	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	58,709	1.7797  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	55,153	1.7736  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	43,664	1.7620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	38,689	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	18,365	1.7722  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	14,972	1.7617  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	6,859	1.7743  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,757	1.7814  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,599	1.7770  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,026	1.7750  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	635	1.7798  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	504	1.7779  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	209	1.7660  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Short	11,669	1.7781  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	38,552	1.7745  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	38,689	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	178	1.7801  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	21,696	1.7761  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	58,707	1.7797  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,588	1.7681  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	568	1.7771  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	18,365	1.7722  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	635	1.7798  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2	1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	43,664	1.7620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,252	1.7810  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,558	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,851	1.7802  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,010	1.7813  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	504	1.7779  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,432	1.7698  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,203	1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,825	1.7767  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,972	1.7617  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	41,655	1.7734  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,505	1.7818  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	461	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,691	1.7805  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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:				28 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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