Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc – Company Announcement

Barclays PLC, Spirent Communications plc

Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

Nov 19 2024 14:13 GMTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 8403M

Barclays PLC

19 November 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:				18 Nov 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:			42,290,422	7.31%	1,268,948	0.22%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			820,527	0.14%	41,282,355	7.13%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			43,110,949	7.45%	42,551,303	7.35%
(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		66,038		1.7150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,370		1.7159 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,427		1.7251 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21		1.7162 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		58,560		1.7162 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		44,518		1.7150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		36,969		1.7192 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,710		1.7196 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,950		1.7143 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,600		1.7138 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,374		1.7089 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,083		1.7145 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,638		1.7135 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,497		1.7045 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,390		1.7169 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,000		1.7148 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,774		1.7171 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		633		1.7152 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		615		1.7155 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		564		1.7149 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		540		1.7146 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		404		1.7154 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		204		1.7299 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27		1.7151 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		3,497	1.7045 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,374	1.7089 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,600	1.7138 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,189	1.7143 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,657	1.7145 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		540	1.7146 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,000	1.7148 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,887	1.7149 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,735	1.7150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,842	1.7151 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		48,138	1.7156 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,774	1.7171 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,444	1.7192 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,710	1.7196 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		204	1.7299 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,035	1.7308 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		292	1.7091 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,644	1.7150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,160	1.7162 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25	1.7164 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,183	1.7179 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,427	1.7251 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,234	1.7150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,376	1.7154 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		964	1.7110 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:				19 Nov 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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