Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Barclays PLC

04 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:				03 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:			43,107,613	7.45%	1,365,158	0.24%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,036,075	0.18%	42,267,554	7.30%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			44,143,688	7.63%	43,632,712	7.54%
(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		750,000		1.7999  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		54,558		1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		39,059		1.7790  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		36,132		1.7782  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,189		1.7775  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,895		1.7725  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,815		1.7831  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,400		1.7747  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		547		1.7748  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		472		1.7788  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		181		1.7840  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		161		1.7732  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		74		1.7739  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2		1.7755  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1		1.7720  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,000,000		1.8020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		57,535		1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		55,430		1.7799  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		41,457		1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		33,918		1.7796  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,159		1.7743  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,895		1.7725  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,891		1.7785  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,213		1.7770  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		77		1.7778  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		74		1.7741  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9		1.7720  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9		1.7790  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8		1.7900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5		1.7710  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		10,159	1.7743  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,416	1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,377	1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,434	1.7788  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,918	1.7796  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,154	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8	1.7899  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38	1.7900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,000,000	1.8021  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	1.7720  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,594	1.7744  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,400	1.7747  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	1.7755  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,712	1.7762  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,978	1.7775  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,540	1.7780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		32,227	1.7782  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		29,401	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,180	1.7817  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		181	1.7840  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		750,000	1.7999  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,222	1.7800  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		161	1.7732  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		656	1.7753  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:				04 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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