Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

02 October 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:				01 Oct 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:			38,572,420	6.67%	495,709	0.09%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			173,228	0.03%	37,543,506	6.49%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			38,745,648	6.70%	38,039,215	6.57%
(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		101,592		1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		1.7013  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		38,175		1.7078  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		29,032		1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		24,676		1.7009  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		23,936		1.7019  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21,552		1.7037  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		15,499		1.7051  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		12,189		1.7058  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,133		1.7008  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,989		1.7024  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,265		1.7010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,972		1.7099  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,435		1.6999  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,212		1.7025  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,701		1.7015  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,006		1.7094  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		120		1.7001  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		80		1.6950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		59		1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		55		1.7012  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		45		1.6960  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		36		1.7018  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18		1.7090  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		79,721		1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		62,851		1.7026  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		58,396		1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27,748		1.7047  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		23,713		1.7038  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		23,633		1.7003  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		23,004		1.7007  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14,817		1.7008  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,061		1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,265		1.7010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,845		1.7058  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,645		1.7012  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,234		1.7050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		558		1.7005  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		160		1.6950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		55		1.6980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		45		1.6960  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		18		1.7090  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		162	1.6998  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,002	1.7007  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,397	1.7014  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		51,694	1.7021  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,748	1.7047  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,234	1.7050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,793	1.7080  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,261	1.6906  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		313,000	1.6973  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,843	1.6997  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,888	1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,676	1.7009  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,787	1.7010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,633	1.7013  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		926	1.7015  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,098	1.7016  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,936	1.7019  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,989	1.7024  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		595	1.7041  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,499	1.7051  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		38,175	1.7078  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,707	1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,307	1.7108  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,137	1.6998  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2	1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,013	1.7033  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		55	1.7012  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:				02 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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