17 Apr 2024 14:33
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: | Â | Barclays PLC. | ||||
(b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | Â | |||||
 | 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 | Â | |||||
 | offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
 | offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 16 Apr 2024 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO | Â | Â | |||
 | 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 | Â | |||||
 | 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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | and/or controlled: |  |  | 15,442,511 | 2.67% | 368,476 | 0.06% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | and/or controlled: |  |  | 288,207 | 0.05% | 15,202,730 | 2.63% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | and agreements to purchase/sell: |  |  | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | TOTAL: |  |  | 15,730,718 | 2.72% | 15,571,206 | 2.69% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive | Â | |||||
 | options) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class of relevant security in relation to | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
which subscription right exists | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
Details, including nature of the rights | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
concerned and relevant percentages: | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 174,979 | 1.9341 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 150,659 | 1.9609 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 150,658 | 1.9539 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 132,719 | 1.9343 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 107,507 | 1.9220 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 50,102 | 1.9373 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 42,206 | 1.9366 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 35,221 | 1.9446 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 31,498 | 1.9389 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 31,224 | 1.9371 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 25,221 | 1.9400 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 17,208 | 1.9398 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 13,568 | 1.9335 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8,515 | 1.9386 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8,243 | 1.9360 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,604 | 1.9425 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,427 | 1.9383 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 4,532 | 1.9380 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 4,310 | 1.9540 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,156 | 1.9526 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 1,580 | 1.9462 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 1,508 | 1.9560 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 1,500 | 1.9385 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 43,725 | 1.9218 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 31,249 | 1.9306 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 22,813 | 1.9445 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 19,491 | 1.9478 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 11,359 | 1.9220 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 10,262 | 1.9462 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 9,578 | 1.9592 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 5,408 | 1.9360 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 4,448 | 1.9349 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 4,443 | 1.9540 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 4,323 | 1.9380 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,944 | 1.9374 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,400 | 1.9348 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,104 | 1.9400 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,015 | 1.9396 GBP | ||||
3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 219 | 1.9600 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | Â | |||||
Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
relevant | description | Â | reference | unit | |||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2 | 1.9200 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 133 | 1.9540 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 580 | 1.9427 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 790 | 1.9360 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,015 | 1.9396 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,400 | 1.9348 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,818 | 1.9477 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,312 | 1.9530 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3,911 | 1.9219 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,958 | 1.9465 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,823 | 1.9467 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,578 | 1.9592 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,195 | 1.9324 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,262 | 1.9462 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22,813 | 1.9445 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 31,101 | 1.9318 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,725 | 1.9218 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 209 | 1.9380 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 607 | 1.9389 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 897 | 1.9219 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,156 | 1.9526 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,780 | 1.9360 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,919 | 1.9609 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,919 | 1.9539 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,522 | 1.9341 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,478 | 1.9501 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 24,117 | 1.9400 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,723 | 1.9394 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 35,221 | 1.9446 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 50,000 | 1.9278 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 50,000 | 1.9401 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 106,610 | 1.9220 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 140,739 | 1.9539 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 140,740 | 1.9609 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 163,457 | 1.9341 GBP | |||
3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 189,440 | 1.9364 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | Â | |||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | Â | |||||
Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | Â | date | money |
relevant | Â | selling, | securities | per unit | Â | Â | paid/ |
security | Â | varying etc | to which | Â | Â | Â | received |
 |  |  | option |  |  |  | per unit |
 |  |  | relates |  |  |  |  |
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(ii) | Exercising | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
security | Â | Â | securities | unit | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | Â | |||||
Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
security | Â | Â | applicable) | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | Â | |||||
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, | Â | Â | |||||
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal | Â | Â | |||||
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party | Â | ||||||
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: | Â | Â | Â | ||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives | Â | |||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between | Â | Â | |||||
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: | Â | Â | |||||
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or | Â | Â | Â | ||||
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which | Â | Â | |||||
any derivative is referenced: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 17 Apr 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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