Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

03 December 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:				02 Dec 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:			43,414,577	7.50%	1,367,928	0.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			977,796	0.17%	42,516,968	7.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			44,392,373	7.67%	43,884,896	7.58%
(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		650,000		1.8059  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		200,000		1.8039  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		125,000		1.8089  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		114,270		1.7837  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		1.7959  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		96,408		1.8043  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		62,917		1.7967  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		60,852		1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		52,027		1.7983  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		49,108		1.7807  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		17,887		1.7981  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,462		1.7894  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,548		1.8030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,582		1.7865  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,560		1.7825  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,293		1.8035  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,955		1.7985  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,700		1.7947  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,699		1.8013  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,354		1.7975  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		388		1.7811  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		211		1.8082  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		84		1.7862  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		96,428		1.7816  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		87,743		1.8016  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		82,524		1.7985  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		57,984		1.7853  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		56,631		1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		39,707		1.7799  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		22,009		1.7855  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		19,761		1.7898  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,377		1.7848  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,063		1.8036  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,403		1.8012  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,100		1.7864  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,112		1.7828  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,336		1.8014  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,293		1.8035  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,305		1.8026  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,816		1.8050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,899		1.8020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,651		1.7779  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		900		1.7750  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		36		1.7950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13		1.7960  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		1	1.7370  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		900	1.7750  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		171	1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,707	1.7799  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,100	1.7864  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,761	1.7898  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,706	1.7905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		165	1.7933  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		82,524	1.7985  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,478	1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9	1.7823  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,712	1.7825  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3	1.7860  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,383	1.7869  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		345	1.7870  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,700	1.7947  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	1.7958  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,120	1.7965  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,917	1.7967  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,163	1.7969  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		52,027	1.7983  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		200,000	1.8039  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		650,000	1.8059  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49	1.8081  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		125,000	1.8089  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		570	1.7368  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,076	1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,361	1.7943  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		981	1.7950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,659	1.7957  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		211	1.8082  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:				03 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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