Barclays PLC Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

RNS Number : 0156E

Barclays PLC

12 September 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:				11 Sep 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:			33,375,907	5.77%	740,235	0.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			434,159	0.08%	32,670,871	5.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			33,810,066	5.84%	33,411,106	5.77%
(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		61,920		1.7190 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,341		1.7217 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,011		1.7212 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		17,120		1.7220 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16,774		1.7162 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		14,541		1.7219 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,299		1.7201 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,349		1.7215 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,751		1.7236 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,060		1.7205 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,795		1.7165 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		894		1.7210 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		81,394		1.7196 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		29,416		1.7190 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		28,603		1.7194 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,725		1.7188 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,702		1.7200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,696		1.7160 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		441		1.7167 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		368		1.7204 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		331		1.7250 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		223		1.7180 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		2,725	1.7188 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,862	1.7190 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,744	1.7192 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,248	1.7194 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,693	1.7196 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2	1.7198 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,975	1.7199 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		368	1.7204 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,829	1.7220 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		926	1.7147 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,795	1.7165 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		298	1.7176 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		54,185	1.7182 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	1.7190 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,293	1.7195 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,060	1.7205 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,221	1.7209 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,185	1.7212 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,341	1.7217 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,541	1.7219 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,120	1.7220 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,720	1.7221 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,380	1.7229 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		138	1.7231 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,737	1.7237 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		51	1.7249 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		213	1.7251 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:				12 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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