REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
Today 15:00
For best results when printing this announcement, please click on link below:
https://newsfile.refinitiv.com/getnewsfile/v1/story?guid=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20250703:nRSC6675Pa&default-theme=true
RNS Number : 6675P Barclays PLC 03 July 2025
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: 02 Jul 2025
(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: 28,366,489 4.88% 1,720,460 0.30%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,479,620 0.25% 28,029,222 4.82%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 29,846,109 5.14% 29,749,682 5.12%
(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 76,802 1.9173 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 75,000 1.9241 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 68,700 1.9188 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 58,351 1.9170 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 54,953 1.9140 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 39,309 1.9142 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 24,827 1.9161 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12,654 1.9171 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 10,115 1.9160 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,977 1.9185 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,326 1.9217 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,900 1.9248 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 920 1.9230 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 861 1.9150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 440 1.9260 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 306 1.9180 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 135 1.9280 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 186,309 1.9140 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 86,423 1.9177 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 57,602 1.9276 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 30,218 1.9150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 26,350 1.9147 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 19,201 1.9316 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 19,200 1.9217 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 17,107 1.9159 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,503 1.9176 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 9,035 1.9134 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,878 1.9233 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,615 1.9210 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,335 1.9192 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,075 1.9180 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 889 1.9189 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 725 1.9240 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1 1.9160 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 3,061 1.9175 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,817 1.9176 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,503 1.9133 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 184,141 1.9140 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,453 1.9142 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,812 1.9147 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,218 1.9150 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,101 1.9155 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 184 1.9158 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,107 1.9159 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,978 1.9185 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,001 1.9196 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,615 1.9210 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,200 1.9217 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 57,602 1.9276 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 19,201 1.9316 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 52,973 1.9140 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50 1.9153 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,368 1.9160 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 80,068 1.9169 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 76,802 1.9173 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 68,700 1.9188 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,253 1.9193 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 75,000 1.9241 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,900 1.9248 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 440 1.9260 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 135 1.9280 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 25 1.9320 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 57,553 1.9187 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: 03 Jul 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact
rns@lseg.com (mailto:rns@lseg.com)
or visit
www.rns.com (http://www.rns.com/)
.
RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our
Privacy Policy (https://www.lseg.com/privacy-and-cookie-policy)
. END RETDZGGNFFNGKZMRecent news on Barclays
See all newsREG - Barclays PLC Unite Group PLC - Form 8.3 UNITE GROUP PLC/THE
AnnouncementREG - Barclays PLC Warehouse REIT PLC - Form 8.3 WAREHOUSE REIT PLC
AnnouncementREG - Barclays PLC MITIE Group PLC - Form 8.3 MITIE GROUP PLC
AnnouncementREG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
AnnouncementREG - Barclays PLC Marlowe PLC - Form 8.3 MARLOWE PLC
Announcement