Barclays PLC Form 8.3 -SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RNS Number : 4582Q

Barclays PLC

17 December 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:				16 Dec 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:			44,640,417	7.71%	1,486,843	0.26%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,156,875	0.20%	43,798,913	7.57%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			45,797,292	7.91%	45,285,756	7.83%
(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		500,000		1.7768 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31,670		1.7720 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		27,118		1.7727 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,465		1.7748 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,300		1.7760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,215		1.7782 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		768		1.7770 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		36		1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2		1.7750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		36,265		1.7748 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		28,902		1.7722 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		25,024		1.7761 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,847		1.7754 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,860		1.7728 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,859		1.7719 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,692		1.7745 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,531		1.7717 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,676		1.7731 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,100		1.7753 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		881		1.7736 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		871		1.7750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		526		1.7755 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		196		1.7890 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		44		1.7760 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		2,914	1.7733 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,531	1.7717 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,476	1.7719 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		71	1.7720 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,902	1.7722 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,692	1.7745 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,265	1.7748 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		558	1.7750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,100	1.7753 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,847	1.7754 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		526	1.7755 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,024	1.7761 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,368	1.7791 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41	1.7714 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,983	1.7720 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,561	1.7731 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,465	1.7748 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	1.7750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,068	1.7764 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		500,000	1.7768 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,215	1.7782 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		244	1.7721 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:				17 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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