| 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: | 02 Dec 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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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 43,414,577 | 7.50% | 1,367,928 | 0.24% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 977,796 | 0.17% | 42,516,968 | 7.35% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 44,392,373 | 7.67% | 43,884,896 | 7.58% |
| (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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| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 650,000 | 1.8059 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 200,000 | 1.8039 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 125,000 | 1.8089 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 114,270 | 1.7837 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 1.7959 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 96,408 | 1.8043 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 62,917 | 1.7967 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 60,852 | 1.7780 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 52,027 | 1.7983 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 49,108 | 1.7807 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 17,887 | 1.7981 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 13,462 | 1.7894 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 5,548 | 1.8030 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 4,582 | 1.7865 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 4,560 | 1.7825 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 4,293 | 1.8035 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 2,955 | 1.7985 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 2,700 | 1.7947 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 1,699 | 1.8013 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 1,354 | 1.7975 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 388 | 1.7811 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 211 | 1.8082 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 84 | 1.7862 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 96,428 | 1.7816 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 87,743 | 1.8016 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 82,524 | 1.7985 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 57,984 | 1.7853 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 56,631 | 1.7780 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 39,707 | 1.7799 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 22,009 | 1.7855 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 19,761 | 1.7898 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 15,377 | 1.7848 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 15,063 | 1.8036 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 7,403 | 1.8012 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 6,100 | 1.7864 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 5,112 | 1.7828 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 4,336 | 1.8014 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 4,293 | 1.8035 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,305 | 1.8026 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 2,816 | 1.8050 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,899 | 1.8020 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,651 | 1.7779 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 900 | 1.7750 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 36 | 1.7950 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 13 | 1.7960 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 1.7370 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 900 | 1.7750 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 171 | 1.7780 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 39,707 | 1.7799 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,100 | 1.7864 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 19,761 | 1.7898 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 70,706 | 1.7905 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 165 | 1.7933 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 82,524 | 1.7985 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 73,478 | 1.7780 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9 | 1.7823 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,712 | 1.7825 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3 | 1.7860 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,383 | 1.7869 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 345 | 1.7870 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,700 | 1.7947 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 1.7958 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,120 | 1.7965 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 62,917 | 1.7967 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 21,163 | 1.7969 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 52,027 | 1.7983 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 200,000 | 1.8039 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 650,000 | 1.8059 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 49 | 1.8081 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 125,000 | 1.8089 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 570 | 1.7368 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,076 | 1.7780 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,361 | 1.7943 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 981 | 1.7950 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 8,659 | 1.7957 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 211 | 1.8082 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: | 03 Dec 2024 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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