Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

31 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:				30 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:			21,348,943	3.69%	1,123,927	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			721,299	0.12%	20,693,977	3.58%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,070,242	3.81%	21,817,904	3.77%
(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		208,533		1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		99,202		1.7344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		99,045		1.7522  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		73,739		1.7453  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		49,078		1.7359  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		43,147		1.7523  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		41,082		1.7636  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		37,079		1.7603  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		33,114		1.7249  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		28,542		1.7461  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		25,707		1.7635  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,697		1.7499  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21,203		1.7516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		15,352		1.7627  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,536		1.7462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		12,209		1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,220		1.7366  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,334		1.7357  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,015		1.7626  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,421		1.7645  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,105		1.7376  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,500		1.7434  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,881		1.7387  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,779		1.7280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,505		1.7386  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,503		1.7504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,375		1.7508  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,183		1.7640  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,183		1.7324  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,860		1.7486  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,719		1.7510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,783		1.7620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,664		1.7630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,602		1.7290  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,582		1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,262		1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		480		1.7574  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		309		1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.7320  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		410,588		1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		105,401		1.7637  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		85,203		1.7318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27,252		1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		22,980		1.7526  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		21,671		1.7460  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,014		1.7512  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,779		1.7280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,847		1.7304  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,795		1.7419  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,952		1.7260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,690		1.7333  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,635		1.7635  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,582		1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		565		1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		480		1.7576  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		140		1.7300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		99		1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1		1.7510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1		1.7320  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		7,888	1.7432  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,298	1.7271  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,945	1.7590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,360	1.7230  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		69,621	1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		3,235	1.7445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		36,066	1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,211	1.7556  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,855	1.7477  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		125,337	1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		56,759	1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		14,617	1.7436  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		889	1.7415  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,445	1.7551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		35,169	1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,124	1.7370  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,671	1.7460  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,374	1.7494  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,147	1.7523  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,252	1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,252	1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,709	1.7476  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,115	1.7504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		61,750	1.7278  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		61,750	1.7381  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,355	1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,614	1.7280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,708	1.7378  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		361	1.7610  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,090	1.7410  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,542	1.7461  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:				31 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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