Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			41,160,019	7.11%	1,157,046	0.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			724,585	0.13%	40,088,275	6.93%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			41,884,604	7.24%	41,245,321	7.13%
(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		13,711		1.7088  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,278		1.7089  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		12,807		1.7009  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,748		1.6969  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,294		1.7073  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,392		1.6952  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,907		1.7065  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,656		1.7022  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,373		1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,203		1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		920		1.7099  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		834		1.7110  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		830		1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		599		1.6940  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		523		1.7098  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		167		1.6971  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		62		1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8		1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5		1.7120  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		229,829		1.6951  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		40,545		1.6970  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		32,283		1.6956  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		22,671		1.7014  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,105		1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,800		1.6974  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,294		1.7078  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,969		1.6969  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,287		1.7084  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,746		1.7069  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,793		1.6986  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,563		1.7018  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,509		1.7087  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,664		1.7071  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,087		1.7025  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		834		1.7110  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		830		1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		793		1.6950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		581		1.6980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		418		1.7140  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		299		1.7010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		288		1.6977  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		110		1.7026  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		793	1.6950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		229,829	1.6951  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,283	1.6956  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,514	1.6969  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,800	1.6974  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,793	1.6986  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,129	1.7014  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,563	1.7018  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		248	1.7029  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,720	1.7065  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,430	1.7072  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,294	1.7078  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,509	1.7087  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,710	1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,104	1.7113  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,368	1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	1.6950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,748	1.6969  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,270	1.6987  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,967	1.6992  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		251	1.6994  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,203	1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,656	1.7022  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,048	1.7028  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,040	1.7036  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,167	1.7049  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,928	1.7055  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		489	1.7071  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,711	1.7088  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,277	1.7089  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16	1.7091  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		339	1.7100  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,086	1.7115  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,850	1.6992  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,676	1.7009  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		110	1.7026  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		442	1.7100  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:				30 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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