Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

14 August 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:				13 Aug 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:			24,187,094	4.18%	1,056,014	0.18%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			521,517	0.09%	23,258,817	4.02%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			24,708,611	4.27%	24,314,831	4.20%
(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		385,453		1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		41,047		1.7453  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		33,985		1.7485  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		25,226		1.7499  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		12,325		1.7455  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,201		1.7449  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,239		1.7403  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,580		1.7450  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,037		1.7423  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,168		1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,726		1.7436  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,545		1.7481  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,084		1.7457  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,992		1.7451  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,132		1.7425  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		792		1.7490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		697		1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		662		1.7400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3		1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		371,992		1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		38,272		1.7491  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		30,578		1.7392  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		16,300		1.7456  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,201		1.7448  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,006		1.7401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,587		1.7377  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,168		1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,026		1.7412  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,697		1.7483  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,759		1.7436  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,643		1.7493  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,856		1.7400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,730		1.7340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,408		1.7417  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		896		1.7505  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		792		1.7490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		584		1.7540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		282		1.7460  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		210		1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		142		1.7350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3		1.7391  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		47,087	1.7420  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,850	1.7375  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,928	1.7432  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		38,689	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,142	1.7391  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		8,725	1.7384  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		837	1.7394  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		10,090	1.7469  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,026	1.7412  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,161	1.7467  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,239	1.7403  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,809	1.7479  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,533	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,759	1.7436  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,105	1.7423  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		332	1.7456  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		142	1.7350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,596	1.7407  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,037	1.7423  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,874	1.7452  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,773	1.7483  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,490	1.7500  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:				14 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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