Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 April 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:				04 Apr 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:			43,088,570	7.41%	2,304,274	0.40%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,401,276	0.24%	42,815,652	7.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			44,489,846	7.66%	45,119,926	7.76%
(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		553,105		1.8603  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		308,971		1.8909  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		95,947		1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		73,801		1.8617  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		47,249		1.8701  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21,914		1.8591  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		14,588		1.8695  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,740		1.8619  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,624		1.8615  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,696		1.8609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,007		1.8700  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,801		1.8831  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,246		1.8717  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,895		1.8620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,220		1.8778  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,459		1.8763  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,390		1.8844  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,196		1.8922  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,196		1.8762  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,136		1.8792  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,600		1.8940  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,310		1.8686  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		895		1.8740  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		762		1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		643		1.8720  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		446		1.8550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		187		1.8780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		85		1.8640  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		553,105		1.8603  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		476,643		1.8678  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		250,000		1.8532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		210,000		1.8508  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		189,146		1.8676  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		109,788		1.8700  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		95,502		1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		62,409		1.8618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		37,175		1.8494  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		28,081		1.8654  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		17,850		1.8644  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		16,548		1.8841  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,429		1.8585  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,717		1.8596  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,596		1.8646  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,770		1.8597  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,525		1.8590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,550		1.8584  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,201		1.8699  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,825		1.8503  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,631		1.8687  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,506		1.8592  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,600		1.8860  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,286		1.8720  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		987		1.8613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		895		1.8740  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		874		1.8690  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		861		1.8746  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		810		1.8605  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		762		1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		607		1.8620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		187		1.8780  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		97		1.8560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		85		1.8640  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		37,175	1.8494  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,404	1.8502  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,825	1.8503  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		210,000	1.8508  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250,000	1.8532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		34,205	1.8562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,717	1.8596  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,949	1.8624  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,669	1.8628  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,978	1.8646  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,081	1.8654  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		189,146	1.8676  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		85,671	1.8678  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,631	1.8687  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		192,091	1.8698  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,201	1.8699  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		142,763	1.8700  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,800	1.8776  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,095	1.8609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		73,801	1.8617  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,740	1.8619  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,288	1.8620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,612	1.8686  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,438	1.8700  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		47,249	1.8701  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		308,971	1.8909  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		17,385	1.8587  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		24,600	1.8609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		121,125	1.8648  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		840	1.8681  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:				07 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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