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Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC - Barclays PLC | RNS | Ticker

Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 3818J

Barclays PLC

04 April 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:				03 Apr 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:			13,550,356	2.34%	335,454	0.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			288,216	0.05%	13,370,804	2.31%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			13,838,572	2.39%	13,706,258	2.37%
(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		186,242		1.9729 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		160,366		1.9800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		116,322		1.9763 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		115,150		1.9734 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		80,070		1.9730 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		36,761		1.9712 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		23,921		1.9694 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		14,273		1.9731 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,454		1.9765 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,170		1.9780 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,954		1.9733 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,237		1.9642 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,228		1.9670 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,023		1.9710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,391		1.9732 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,136		1.9757 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,941		1.9760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,820		1.9850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,577		1.9790 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,279		1.9700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,984		1.9750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,933		1.9610 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,857		1.9630 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,303		1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		991		1.9770 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		303		1.9794 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		291		1.9791 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		261		1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		183,306		1.9845 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		171,490		1.9800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		113,078		1.9746 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		93,663		1.9715 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		19,654		1.9752 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14,053		1.9710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,754		1.9739 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,600		1.9727 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,428		1.9780 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,104		1.9626 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,114		1.9670 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,953		1.9718 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,514		1.9760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,382		1.9735 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,362		1.9717 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,291		1.9650 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,820		1.9850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,577		1.9790 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,279		1.9700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,079		1.9665 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,032		1.9720 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,984		1.9750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,933		1.9610 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,857		1.9630 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,842		1.9635 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,732		1.9777 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,303		1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		991		1.9770 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		713		1.9660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		546		1.9680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		409		1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		378		1.9614 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		348		1.9705 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		546	1.9680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,188	1.9714 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,178	1.9741 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,382	1.9735 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,155	1.9707 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,380	1.9712 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,030	1.9710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,600	1.9727 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,476	1.9680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,312	1.9695 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		34,568	1.9737 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,563	1.9800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		93,663	1.9715 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		108,263	1.9898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		121,137	1.9746 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		261	1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		427	1.9760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,136	1.9757 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,391	1.9732 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		8,092	1.9800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,070	1.9730 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88,088	1.9734 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		160,952	1.9724 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		167,361	1.9725 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,292	1.9694 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		62,927	1.9763 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:				04 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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