Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

25 November 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:				22 Nov 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:			42,190,541	7.29%	1,181,383	0.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			826,740	0.14%	41,286,626	7.14%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			43,017,281	7.43%	42,468,009	7.34%
(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		49,156		1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		34,894		1.6996  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31,826		1.7034  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		14,862		1.6999  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,600		1.6989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,200		1.7064  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		234		1.6922  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		95		1.7093  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21		1.7210  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16		1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6		1.7160  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,087		1.6982  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,082		1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,779		1.7050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,905		1.7056  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,694		1.6970  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,100		1.7048  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		759		1.6988  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		516		1.6984  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		415		1.6964  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		244		1.7069  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		146		1.6959  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1		1.7000  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		146	1.6959  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		415	1.6964  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,694	1.6970  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1	1.7008  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,833	1.7022  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		965	1.7034  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,100	1.7048  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,681	1.7063  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		244	1.7069  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,856	1.7099  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,227	1.6980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,057	1.6985  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,600	1.6989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,841	1.6994  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		34,894	1.6996  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,862	1.6999  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,970	1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47	1.7142  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,577	1.7154  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,406	1.6971  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,905	1.7055  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		234	1.6922  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,296	1.6953  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1	1.7100  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:				25 Nov 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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