Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

09 September 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:				06 Sep 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:			33,535,843	5.80%	897,369	0.16%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			512,333	0.09%	32,772,201	5.66%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			34,048,176	5.88%	33,669,570	5.82%
(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		300,000		1.7348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		117,865		1.7470  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		106,761		1.7310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		72,007		1.7352  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		70,000		1.7340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		43,915		1.7328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		40,384		1.7387  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		32,941		1.7349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		30,361		1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,708		1.7344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,079		1.7385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,218		1.7337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,594		1.7490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,493		1.7403  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,429		1.7367  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,887		1.7445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		1.7300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,856		1.7420  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,762		1.7591  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,704		1.7402  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		826		1.7401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		467		1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		376		1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		367		1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		344		1.7460  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		186,847		1.7438  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		100,000		1.7312  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		74,309		1.7378  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		67,505		1.7308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		42,958		1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,323		1.7309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,264		1.7411  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,529		1.7338  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,218		1.7337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,070		1.7344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,961		1.7354  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,189		1.7403  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,031		1.7326  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		584		1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		16		1.7540  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		67,505	1.7308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,323	1.7309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,798	1.7311  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,031	1.7326  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,471	1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,592	1.7354  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,344	1.7389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,264	1.7411  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16	1.7538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,915	1.7328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,408	1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		70,000	1.7340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		300,000	1.7348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,941	1.7349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		376	1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		826	1.7401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,704	1.7402  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,637	1.7405  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,567	1.7409  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,535	1.7413  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,583	1.7415  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		182	1.7424  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		344	1.7461  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,762	1.7591  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4	1.7325  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,251	1.7329  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,075	1.7409  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:				09 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

END