REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
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RNS Number : 4969I Barclays PLC 13 May 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: 12 May 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: 42,438,660 7.30% 2,183,373 0.38%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,685,704 0.29% 42,140,334 7.25%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 44,124,364 7.59% 44,323,707 7.63%
(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 57,680 1.9028 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 35,892 1.8980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 25,651 1.9075 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 25,250 1.9037 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 20,545 1.9054 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 15,765 1.9036 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12,767 1.9019 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 11,619 1.9043 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 10,275 1.9024 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 8,080 1.9080 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,679 1.9044 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,958 1.9051 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,798 1.9040 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,612 1.9057 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,269 1.9122 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,808 1.9060 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,672 1.9033 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,400 1.9061 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,392 1.9016 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 750 1.9140 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 748 1.8890 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 726 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 183,409 1.8980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 55,000 1.9027 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 12,801 1.9060 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,815 1.9010 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,402 1.9053 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,586 1.8999 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,299 1.9040 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,777 1.9024 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,462 1.9050 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,323 1.9064 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,037 1.9059 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,590 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 764 1.9030 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 762 1.9160 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 733 1.9080 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 20 1.9012 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 821 1.9005 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,661 1.9006 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 164,359 1.8980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,586 1.8999 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,815 1.9010 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 55,000 1.9027 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,834 1.9042 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,385 1.9051 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,037 1.9059 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 1.9080 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 199 1.9098 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,219 1.8980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,221 1.8981 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,392 1.9016 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,292 1.9017 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,767 1.9019 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 985 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,275 1.9024 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,966 1.9036 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 25,250 1.9037 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,400 1.9061 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,100 1.9068 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,403 1.9073 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 12,225 1.9017 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 14,409 1.9057 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: 13 May 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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