Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

09 January 2025

 

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:				08 Jan 2025
(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:			44,669,172	7.72%	1,105,271	0.19%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			789,981	0.14%	44,504,963	7.69%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			45,459,153	7.86%	45,610,234	7.88%
(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		74,800		1.7201  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		48,000		1.7200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		46,409		1.7232  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,878		1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,429		1.7291  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,100		1.7341  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,539		1.7371  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,164		1.7359  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		826		1.7256  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		744		1.7318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		682		1.7354  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		347		1.7349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		309		1.7350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		275		1.7274  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		137		1.7365  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		124		1.7357  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		93		1.7348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		66		1.7370  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		38		1.7310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		12		1.7358  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		64,780		1.7200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		61,016		1.7206  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		55,845		1.7213  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		30,122		1.7319  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		25,818		1.7342  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		16,991		1.7283  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14,275		1.7249  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,935		1.7309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,427		1.7203  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,406		1.7256  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,976		1.7311  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,950		1.7298  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,794		1.7276  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,340		1.7363  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,237		1.7350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,203		1.7349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,178		1.7284  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,385		1.7289  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,236		1.7328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		645		1.7345  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		595		1.7361  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		403		1.7340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		66		1.7371  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		56		1.7300  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		741	1.7199  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		64,709	1.7200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		59,210	1.7202  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		300	1.7229  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,275	1.7249  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,102	1.7252  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,407	1.7253  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,208	1.7263  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,794	1.7276  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		16,991	1.7283  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,122	1.7320  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,570	1.7323  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		645	1.7345  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,203	1.7349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		69,645	1.7200  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74,800	1.7201  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6	1.7250  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66	1.7251  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,078	1.7260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		275	1.7274  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,429	1.7290  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		422	1.7303  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		588	1.7307  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,893	1.7340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,100	1.7341  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		124	1.7357  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,876	1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		368	1.7371  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,058	1.7281  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,578	1.7358  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,194	1.7201  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:				09 Jan 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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