Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

31 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:				30 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:			41,604,371	7.19%	1,168,145	0.20%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			734,718	0.13%	40,539,961	7.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			42,339,089	7.32%	41,708,106	7.21%
(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		351,822		1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		192,944		1.7008  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		112,593		1.6985  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		55,599		1.7017  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		47,395		1.7038  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,387		1.7077  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,472		1.6989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,732		1.7032  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,456		1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,600		1.6972  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,906		1.7053  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,459		1.6961  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,177		1.7010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,434		1.6915  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,329		1.7034  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		763		1.7400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		602		1.7090  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		497		1.7110  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		124		1.6911  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		63		1.6912  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31		1.6920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31		1.6919  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8		1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5		1.6860  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4		1.6840  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		246,756		1.6991  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		70,772		1.6995  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		29,024		1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,112		1.6978  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,501		1.6987  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,882		1.6989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,550		1.6954  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,814		1.7032  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,388		1.6964  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,063		1.7056  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		989		1.7070  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		968		1.7010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		535		1.7019  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		437		1.7044  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		204		1.7012  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		123		1.7043  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		31		1.6920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14		1.6900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8		1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5		1.6860  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4		1.6840  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		3,388	1.6964  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,501	1.6987  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,882	1.6989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,553	1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		208	1.7015  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		535	1.7019  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,813	1.7038  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,063	1.7056  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		989	1.7070  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,889	1.6897  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,749	1.6915  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		823	1.6942  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,600	1.6972  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		112,593	1.6985  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		75,613	1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,843	1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		192,944	1.7008  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,868	1.7011  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		55,599	1.7017  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,243	1.7022  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,395	1.7038  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,387	1.7039  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,606	1.7046  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		763	1.7400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,256	1.6973  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		25,208	1.6988  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,121	1.6992  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		204	1.7012  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		442	1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,362	1.7022  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		555	1.7090  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 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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