Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

17 April 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:				16 Apr 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:			15,442,511	2.67%	368,476	0.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			288,207	0.05%	15,202,730	2.63%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,730,718	2.72%	15,571,206	2.69%
(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		174,979		1.9341  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		150,659		1.9609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		150,658		1.9539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		132,719		1.9343  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		107,507		1.9220  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		50,102		1.9373  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		42,206		1.9366  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		35,221		1.9446  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31,498		1.9389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31,224		1.9371  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		25,221		1.9400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		17,208		1.9398  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,568		1.9335  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,515		1.9386  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,243		1.9360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,604		1.9425  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,427		1.9383  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,532		1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,310		1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,156		1.9526  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,580		1.9462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,508		1.9560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,500		1.9385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		43,725		1.9218  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		31,249		1.9306  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		22,813		1.9445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		19,491		1.9478  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,359		1.9220  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,262		1.9462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,578		1.9592  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,408		1.9360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,448		1.9349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,443		1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,323		1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,944		1.9374  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,400		1.9348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,104		1.9400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,015		1.9396  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		219		1.9600  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		CFD		Decreasing Short		2	1.9200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		133	1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		580	1.9427  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		790	1.9360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,015	1.9396  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,400	1.9348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,818	1.9477  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,312	1.9530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,911	1.9219  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,958	1.9465  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,823	1.9467  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,578	1.9592  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,195	1.9324  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,262	1.9462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,813	1.9445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,101	1.9318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,725	1.9218  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		209	1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		607	1.9389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		897	1.9219  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,156	1.9526  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,780	1.9360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,919	1.9609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,919	1.9539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,522	1.9341  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,478	1.9501  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,117	1.9400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,723	1.9394  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,221	1.9446  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	1.9278  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,000	1.9401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		106,610	1.9220  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140,739	1.9539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140,740	1.9609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		163,457	1.9341  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		189,440	1.9364  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:				17 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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