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Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc

2nd Apr 2024 12:25

RNS Number : 9822I

Barclays PLC

02 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:				28 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:			13,665,140	2.36%	334,243	0.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			288,216	0.05%	13,493,459	2.33%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			13,953,356	2.41%	13,827,702	2.39%
(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		450,077		2.0005 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		351,025		1.9980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		338,706		1.9893 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		310,428		2.0020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		283,641		1.9892 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		154,499		2.0000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		109,739		2.0040 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		81,706		2.0008 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		58,198		1.9739 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		25,379		1.9795 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,939		2.0105 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		20,975		2.0056 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		13,736		1.9899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,753		2.0058 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,643		2.0100 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,584		2.0033 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		7,765		2.0077 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,073		1.9800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,048		1.9810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,344		2.0049 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,315		1.9913 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,660		1.9990 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		36		1.9798 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,476,131		2.0139 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		500,000		1.9848 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		450,000		1.9930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		405,609		1.9914 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		350,000		1.9757 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		310,572		1.9990 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		300,000		1.9793 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		250,000		2.0029 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		216,787		1.9972 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		80,119		1.9945 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		38,877		1.9982 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		36,799		2.0091 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		36,658		2.0049 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		35,521		1.9906 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		32,872		1.9956 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		30,092		2.0028 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		28,156		2.0149 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27,348		1.9992 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27,110		1.9997 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		24,596		1.9922 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		23,355		1.9897 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		19,973		2.0011 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		16,703		2.0000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		14,125		1.9904 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,963		1.9975 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,921		2.0050 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,326		2.0063 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		10,121		1.9806 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,527		1.9812 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,118		2.0117 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,072		2.0009 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,619		2.0033 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,224		2.0008 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,103		1.9800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,048		1.9810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,187		2.0040 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,129		1.9954 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,050		2.0001 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,933		1.9928 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,635		2.0038 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,300		1.9798 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,995		2.0140 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,137		1.9973 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		594		1.9850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		473		2.0060 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		81		1.9809 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		Closing Short		1,602	2.0043 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		9,180	1.9989 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		138,049	2.0000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		167,570	1.9997 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		300,000	1.9793 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		350,000	1.9757 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		500,000	1.9848 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		22,939	2.0105 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		594	1.9850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,221	2.0001 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,173	1.9955 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,300	1.9798 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,504	1.9979 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,492	1.9911 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,939	1.9800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,529	2.0000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,326	2.0063 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,509	1.9992 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		16,490	1.9798 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		27,348	1.9992 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,156	2.0149 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250,000	2.0029 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		308,912	1.9990 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,476,131	2.0139 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,315	1.9913 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		63,872	2.0053 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		109,739	2.0040 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		203,985	2.0000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		351,025	1.9980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		37,000	2.0020 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:				02 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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