| 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: | 16 Jan 2025 | |||||
| (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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| 44,575,152 | 7.70% | 1,087,391 | 0.19% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 772,720 | 0.13% | 44,416,235 | 7.68% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 45,347,872 | 7.84% | 45,503,626 | 7.86% |
| (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 | 97,705 | 1.7646 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 56,394 | 1.7679 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 42,409 | 1.7632 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 42,015 | 1.7554 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 36,159 | 1.7640 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 19,499 | 1.7675 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 9,995 | 1.7654 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 9,003 | 1.7428 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8,528 | 1.7685 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 7,692 | 1.7578 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 4,411 | 1.7550 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 3,086 | 1.7430 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 744 | 1.7480 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 642 | 1.7421 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 462 | 1.7466 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 357 | 1.7426 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 141 | 1.7540 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 13 | 1.7670 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Purchase | 8 | 1.7597 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 112,411 | 1.7635 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 16,674 | 1.7611 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 8,967 | 1.7636 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 7,491 | 1.7661 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 6,721 | 1.7556 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 5,461 | 1.7692 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 4,752 | 1.7543 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 3,813 | 1.7640 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 1,954 | 1.7694 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 533 | 1.7440 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 428 | 1.7430 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 357 | 1.7428 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 328 | 1.7660 GBP | ||||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | Sale | 62 | 1.7479 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6 | 1.7430 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 688 | 1.7475 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 62 | 1.7479 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,058 | 1.7555 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,721 | 1.7556 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 58,336 | 1.7639 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 49,016 | 1.7640 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 642 | 1.7421 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,089 | 1.7430 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,376 | 1.7478 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,786 | 1.7524 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 143 | 1.7540 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29,229 | 1.7567 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,526 | 1.7578 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3 | 1.7583 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 348 | 1.7627 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 88,668 | 1.7640 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 32,768 | 1.7647 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,132 | 1.7652 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,863 | 1.7665 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16 | 1.7668 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 108 | 1.7674 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,499 | 1.7675 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 56,394 | 1.7679 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 177 | 1.7682 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,528 | 1.7685 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 328 | 1.7658 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,688 | 1.7641 GBP | |||
| 3 1/3p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,849 | 1.7695 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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| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 17 Jan 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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