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Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc - Barclays PLC | RNS | Ticker

Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

RNS Number : 3803G

Barclays PLC

11 March 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:				08 Mar 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:			14,691,799	2.54%	474,326	0.08%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			403,167	0.07%	14,520,678	2.51%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			15,094,966	2.61%	14,995,004	2.59%
(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		1,000,000		1.7538 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,000,000		1.7558 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		180,118		1.7712 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		150,000		1.7528 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		120,000		1.7694 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		68,897		1.7664 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		56,571		1.7546 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		52,434		1.7669 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		19,765		1.7759 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		17,585		1.7691 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,181		1.7760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,035		1.7721 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,947		1.7620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,963		1.7580 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,743		1.7782 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,479		1.7500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,165		1.7925 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,084		1.7575 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		992		1.7730 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		920		1.7626 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		600		1.7574 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		484		1.7569 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		276		1.7606 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		182		1.7560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		26		1.7645 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10		1.7530 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		308,904		1.7723 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		176,794		1.7674 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		81,384		1.7662 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		57,950		1.7685 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		43,225		1.7751 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		21,779		1.7760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14,282		1.7680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,898		1.7586 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,871		1.7613 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,029		1.7759 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,797		1.7720 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,632		1.7670 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		484		1.7571 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		407		1.7700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		267		1.7634 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		100		1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10		1.7800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1		1.7580 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 Long		729	1.7631 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		920	1.7626 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,038	1.7792 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,268	1.7715 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,479	1.7500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		1,962	1.7580 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Long		23,472	1.7666 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		688	1.7560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		724	1.7720 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,898	1.7586 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,300	1.7777 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,864	1.7621 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,056	1.7625 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		45,773	1.7628 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		81,384	1.7662 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101,034	1.7748 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		128,999	1.7759 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		159,731	1.7674 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10	1.7799 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		267	1.7634 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		3,441	1.7759 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		5,704	1.7660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10	1.7530 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		26	1.7645 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		344	1.7560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		411	1.7560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		56,571	1.7546 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		146,188	1.7703 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		148,689	1.7693 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		150,000	1.7528 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,000,000	1.7538 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,000,000	1.7558 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 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc