Form 8.3 -SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

11 April 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:				10 Apr 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:			13,940,716	2.41%	338,461	0.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			288,207	0.05%	13,738,330	2.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			14,228,923	2.46%	14,076,791	2.43%
(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		522,229		1.9608  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		413,336		1.9618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		313,327		1.9522  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		302,483		1.9615  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		94,530		1.9578  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		71,233		1.9561  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		58,903		1.9584  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		56,616		1.9607  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		38,176		1.9557  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		30,717		1.9585  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		29,867		1.9460  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		19,750		1.9413  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,993		1.9426  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,546		1.9562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,967		1.9665  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,085		1.9583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,758		1.9400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,885		1.9546  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,797		1.9620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,708		1.9538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,566		1.9600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,166		1.9580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,102		1.9575  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,080		1.9528  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,973		1.9541  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,500		1.9565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,394		1.9540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		768		1.9470  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		768		1.9469  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		473		1.9478  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		58		1.9614  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		518,536		1.9608  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		413,336		1.9618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		73,081		1.9620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		68,880		1.9560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		61,827		1.9439  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		52,600		1.9522  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		39,909		1.9548  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		22,235		1.9585  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,967		1.9665  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,746		1.9589  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,307		1.9621  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,086		1.9605  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,950		1.9580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,102		1.9575  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,353		1.9602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,394		1.9610  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		798		1.9557  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		768		1.9470  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		675		1.9565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		506		1.9600  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		35	1.9700  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		603	1.9535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		784	1.9580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,062	1.9589  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,300	1.9543  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,373	1.9574  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,310	1.9551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		9,268	1.9602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,053	1.9555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		52,600	1.9522  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		61,827	1.9439  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		117	1.9620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,018	1.9580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,885	1.9546  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,085	1.9583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		58,903	1.9584  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		94,530	1.9578  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	1.9401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	1.9501  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		212,485	1.9549  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		302,483	1.9615  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:				11 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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