Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

08 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:				07 Oct 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:			38,710,633	6.69%	543,799	0.09%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			200,075	0.03%	37,675,995	6.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			38,910,708	6.72%	38,219,794	6.61%
(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		179,472		1.7214  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,625		1.7233  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,968		1.7229  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,005		1.7105  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,501		1.7191  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,755		1.7174  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,311		1.7111  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		824		1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		767		1.7230  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		377		1.7164  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		340		1.7109  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		277		1.7244  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		62		1.7170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		53		1.7175  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		49		1.7239  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		24		1.7265  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10		1.7200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		115,286		1.7223  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,917		1.7155  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,220		1.7205  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,375		1.7138  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,649		1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,723		1.7099  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,630		1.7173  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,600		1.7217  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,088		1.7210  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,494		1.7112  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,482		1.7229  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,997		1.7169  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,827		1.7115  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,526		1.7179  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,059		1.7176  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		816		1.7144  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		136		1.7080  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		68		1.7230  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		62		1.7170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10		1.7200  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		136	1.7079  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,271	1.7080  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,152	1.7095  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,640	1.7102  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,094	1.7119  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	1.7150  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,114	1.7161  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,997	1.7169  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,132	1.7170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,200	1.7173  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,526	1.7179  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		230	1.7209  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,088	1.7210  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,600	1.7217  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,482	1.7229  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		488	1.7230  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,344	1.7105  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,311	1.7111  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		540	1.7143  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77	1.7150  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,755	1.7174  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,501	1.7191  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46,854	1.7229  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,743	1.7230  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,625	1.7233  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		621	1.7234  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		180	1.7271  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,502	1.7042  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,500	1.7088  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		7,202	1.7228  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,154	1.7055  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,343	1.7262  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:				08 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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