Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

30 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:				29 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:			41,177,293	7.09%	2,370,106	0.41%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,617,151	0.28%	40,839,383	7.03%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			42,794,444	7.36%	43,209,489	7.44%
(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		196,768		1.8485  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		119,626		1.8492  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		93,711		1.8394  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		51,871		1.8397  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		48,346		1.8462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		24,954		1.8409  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21,050		1.8415  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16,926		1.8444  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,413		1.8490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,277		1.8400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,065		1.8489  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,768		1.8480  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,624		1.8493  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,377		1.8487  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,107		1.8503  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,828		1.8479  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,808		1.8506  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,197		1.8380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,003		1.8399  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		941		1.8440  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		63,486		1.8473  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		54,306		1.8412  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		30,480		1.8400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14,992		1.8454  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,838		1.8337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,527		1.8438  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,766		1.8424  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,383		1.8336  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,012		1.8384  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,067		1.8389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,382		1.8425  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,260		1.8480  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,704		1.8405  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,238		1.8434  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,035		1.8444  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,713		1.8401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,452		1.8320  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		30		1.8440  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		28,373	1.8400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,327	1.8401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,451	1.8424  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,527	1.8438  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,992	1.8454  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,015	1.8471  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		57,306	1.8477  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		755	1.8480  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		231	1.8380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,871	1.8397  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,289	1.8400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,267	1.8427  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,236	1.8454  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,400	1.8468  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		196,767	1.8485  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,413	1.8490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113,401	1.8492  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,808	1.8506  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		597	1.8601  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,107	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,107	1.8502  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,490	1.8420  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		37,258	1.8471  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,107	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,107	1.8502  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:				30 Apr 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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