Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

28 June 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:				27 Jun 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:			23,394,300	4.04%	5,848,348	1.01%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,836,327	0.32%	23,327,432	4.03%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			25,230,627	4.36%	29,175,780	5.04%
(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		92,638		1.8323  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		67,182		1.8320  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		48,880		1.8318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		37,692		1.8309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21,925		1.8319  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,400		1.8364  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,748		1.8302  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,522		1.8250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,061		1.8220  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,844		1.8350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,545		1.8280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8		1.8370  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		83,434		1.8292  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		76,262		1.8321  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		61,544		1.8322  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		20,531		1.8176  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,839		1.8264  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,597		1.8186  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,284		1.8298  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,574		1.8366  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,518		1.8350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,901		1.8281  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,958		1.8187  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,338		1.8190  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,235		1.8354  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,503		1.8289  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,452		1.8340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,344		1.8170  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		217		1.8251  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		215	1.8379  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,561	1.8334  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,901	1.8281  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,108	1.8306  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,839	1.8264  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,772	1.8385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		44,700	1.8326  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		123,270	1.8193  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8	1.8370  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,061	1.8220  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,087	1.8251  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,400	1.8364  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13,815	1.8290  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,356	1.8320  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,880	1.8318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		92,638	1.8323  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:				28 Jun 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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