Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

10 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:				09 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:			39,816,364	6.88%	606,186	0.10%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			251,430	0.04%	38,772,229	6.70%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			40,067,794	6.92%	39,378,415	6.81%
(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		166,219		1.7552  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		50,900		1.7533  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		41,936		1.7538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		37,679		1.7604  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		34,472		1.7445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		30,034		1.7440  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		24,233		1.7529  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,450		1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		12,849		1.7392  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,697		1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,005		1.7480  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,683		1.7300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,272		1.7288  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,258		1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,761		1.7455  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,463		1.7495  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,433		1.7307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,013		1.7427  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		154		1.7260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		113		1.7295  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		44,188		1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,675		1.7544  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,060		1.7641  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,694		1.7616  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,075		1.7300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,730		1.7399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,908		1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,258		1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,706		1.7422  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,387		1.7393  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,133		1.7619  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,589		1.7269  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,429		1.7599  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		185		1.7299  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		1,589	1.7269  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		185	1.7299  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,387	1.7393  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,730	1.7399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,706	1.7422  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,675	1.7544  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,429	1.7599  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,694	1.7616  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,133	1.7619  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,060	1.7641  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,433	1.7307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,744	1.7373  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,974	1.7410  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,013	1.7427  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,586	1.7484  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,548	1.7487  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,021	1.7488  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,811	1.7504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,233	1.7529  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,900	1.7533  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,936	1.7538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,237	1.7553  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,786	1.7585  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		348	1.7593  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,915	1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,679	1.7604  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,204	1.7577  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,472	1.7445  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 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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