Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

10 September 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:				09 Sep 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:			33,423,678	5.78%	757,496	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			434,602	0.08%	32,718,642	5.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			33,858,280	5.85%	33,476,138	5.79%
(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		113,340		1.7364  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		111,382		1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		99,082		1.7240  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		80,320		1.7371  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		69,917		1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		47,687		1.7344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		27,147		1.7274  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,911		1.7270  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,910		1.7368  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,948		1.7374  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,033		1.7358  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,801		1.7334  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,561		1.7318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,146		1.7310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		651		1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		399		1.7361  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		247,581		1.7303  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		230,174		1.7366  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		48,775		1.7361  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,542		1.7343  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,212		1.7333  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,775		1.7386  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,375		1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,036		1.7261  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,869		1.7359  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,258		1.7270  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		785		1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		545		1.7385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		481		1.7399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		112		1.7369  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7		1.7289  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		3,036	1.7261  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	1.7289  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,944	1.7301  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61,485	1.7332  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,212	1.7333  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,869	1.7359  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,775	1.7361  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		107,328	1.7379  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,719	1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		545	1.7385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		481	1.7399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		69	1.7301  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,253	1.7305  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,039	1.7313  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,928	1.7318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,460	1.7322  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,687	1.7344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,557	1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,910	1.7368  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,320	1.7371  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,948	1.7374  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,172	1.7377  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		651	1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		27,025	1.7365  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		111,337	1.7379  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:				10 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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