Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

12 November 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:				11 Nov 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:			42,943,918	7.42%	1,073,508	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			646,611	0.11%	41,905,867	7.24%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			43,590,529	7.53%	42,979,375	7.43%
(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		129,626		1.7001  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		129,624		1.6951  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		51,991		1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		28,027		1.6923  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		27,606		1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		24,932		1.6961  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		20,573		1.6959  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16,662		1.6901  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,019		1.6865  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,514		1.6958  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,631		1.6982  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,267		1.7026  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,005		1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		155		1.6926  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		150		1.6870  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		732,482		1.6939  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		131,336		1.6926  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		49,228		1.6961  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,920		1.6957  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,841		1.6940  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,667		1.6914  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,644		1.6955  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,343		1.7003  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,108		1.6950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,019		1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,915		1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,915		1.7031  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,789		1.6845  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,780		1.6900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,611		1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,611		1.6935  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,350		1.7040  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		451		1.6931  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		4,667	1.6914  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,296	1.6932  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		732,482	1.6939  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		17,396	1.6955  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		100	1.7019  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,611	1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,350	1.7040  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7	1.7300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,019	1.6865  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,662	1.6901  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		28,027	1.6923  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		540	1.6928  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		274	1.6934  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		129,624	1.6951  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,573	1.6959  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,631	1.6982  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,686	1.6990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		129,626	1.7001  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,000	1.7022  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		114,954	1.6923  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,271	1.6938  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,911	1.6946  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,108	1.6948  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		697	1.7087  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:				12 Nov 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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