Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

01 October 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:				30 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:			38,501,522	6.65%	483,819	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			161,338	0.03%	37,153,423	6.42%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			38,662,860	6.68%	37,637,242	6.50%
(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		1,096,000		1.6973  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		113,438		1.7039  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		73,424		1.7050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		59,084		1.7036  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		38,966		1.6988  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		27,538		1.6906  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,057		1.7060  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,614		1.6987  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,269		1.6942  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,689		1.6984  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,564		1.6884  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,431		1.7059  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,006		1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,857		1.6962  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,816		1.7034  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,735		1.6958  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		46		1.6960  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		26		1.6996  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18		1.6981  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10		1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2		1.6940  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.6980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		134,035		1.7033  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		128,394		1.7046  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		16,115		1.7060  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,100		1.6972  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,811		1.6998  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,757		1.6961  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,363		1.6950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,728		1.6974  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,826		1.6999  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		755		1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		644		1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		103		1.6980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		46		1.6960  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14		1.7019  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11		1.6956  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2		1.6940  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		16	1.6912  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,111	1.6953  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,757	1.6961  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,300	1.6970  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,100	1.6972  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		831	1.6985  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,011	1.7002  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		95,962	1.7060  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,564	1.6884  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,277	1.6906  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,097	1.6967  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,362	1.6970  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		783,000	1.6973  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,259	1.6977  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,410	1.6980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,614	1.6987  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,966	1.6988  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,255	1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,816	1.7034  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,424	1.7050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,269	1.7055  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,305	1.7060  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,646	1.7016  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,021	1.7058  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,111	1.7003  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:				01 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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