Form 8.3 -SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

29 July 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:				26 Jul 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:			21,058,759	3.64%	1,107,256	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			757,799	0.13%	20,618,828	3.56%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,816,558	3.77%	21,726,084	3.75%
(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		162,321		1.7614  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		112,724		1.7462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		92,738		1.7565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		73,737		1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		63,275		1.7502  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		39,875		1.7552  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		39,256		1.7526  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		35,569		1.7389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,948		1.7572  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		20,888		1.7576  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,500		1.7400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,115		1.7731  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,426		1.7574  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,467		1.7568  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,446		1.7613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,084		1.7577  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,546		1.7563  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,966		1.7535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,635		1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		404,330		1.7408  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		333,005		1.7391  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		196,700		1.7338  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		151,823		1.7569  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		123,516		1.7445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		92,738		1.7565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		77,925		1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		57,078		1.7358  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		51,461		1.7395  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		44,162		1.7399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27,062		1.7386  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		20,478		1.7417  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,334		1.7638  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,729		1.7392  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,297		1.7461  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,078		1.7400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,117		1.7555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,917		1.7450  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		Opening Short		8,081	1.7577  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		31,421	1.7307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,856	1.7679  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,591	1.7382  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		77,925	1.7389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		72,857	1.7389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,300	1.7502  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,919	1.7598  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,933	1.7426  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,457	1.7498  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		693	1.7480  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		327,003	1.7391  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,367	1.7399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		397,042	1.7408  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		121,291	1.7445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,185	1.7461  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,002	1.7391  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		795	1.7399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,288	1.7408  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,225	1.7445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		112	1.7461  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,500	1.7400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,115	1.7731  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,334	1.7638  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,766	1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		112,724	1.7462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		35,245	1.7518  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,729	1.7392  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,948	1.7572  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,797	1.7573  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,410	1.7596  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		54,500	1.7064  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		56,700	1.7414  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		85,500	1.7462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		173,800	1.7488  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,802	1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		84,185	1.7502  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:				29 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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