| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| 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 |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 12 Nov 2024 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 3 1/3p ordinary | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 42,813,258 | 7.40% | 1,041,874 | 0.18% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 651,224 | 0.11% | 41,769,914 | 7.22% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 43,464,482 | 7.51% | 42,811,788 | 7.40% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 97,990 | 1.6877 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 22,133 | 1.6920 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 17,746 | 1.6925 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8,800 | 1.6870 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,942 | 1.6922 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,549 | 1.6923 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,514 | 1.6749 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 2,219 | 1.6935 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 839 | 1.6940 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 28 | 1.6890 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 163,495 | 1.6876 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 47,729 | 1.6888 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 10,126 | 1.6906 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 8,643 | 1.6905 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 6,307 | 1.6831 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 5,187 | 1.6870 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,922 | 1.6915 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,778 | 1.6869 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,600 | 1.6877 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 2,118 | 1.6898 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,714 | 1.6810 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,624 | 1.6890 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 835 | 1.6919 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 708 | 1.6879 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,714 | 1.6810 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,778 | 1.6869 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 100 | 1.6879 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 608 | 1.6880 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,917 | 1.6888 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 37,648 | 1.6892 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 272 | 1.6894 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,643 | 1.6905 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 835 | 1.6919 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,514 | 1.6749 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 38,399 | 1.6870 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 456 | 1.6907 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 282 | 1.6912 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,133 | 1.6920 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,746 | 1.6925 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,000 | 1.6929 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 160,957 | 1.6873 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,624 | 1.6888 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 13 Nov 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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