REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comm PLC - Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc
25/03/2024 13:45
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RNS Number : 1953I Barclays PLC 25 March 2024
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: 22 Mar 2024
(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: 15,796,717 2.73% 355,000 0.06%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 321,132 0.06% 15,671,447 2.71%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 16,117,849 2.79% 16,026,447 2.77%
(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 150,000 1.7658 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 33,176 1.7703 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 20,322 1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,595 1.7686 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 13,244 1.7691 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12,567 1.7706 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,570 1.7683 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,187 1.7684 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,826 1.7687 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,866 1.7667 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,600 1.7678 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,559 1.7680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,000 1.7648 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 311 1.7640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 135 1.7699 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 31,490 1.7707 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 22,738 1.7682 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 21,925 1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,200 1.7700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,417 1.7680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,644 1.7668 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,058 1.7672 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,542 1.7650 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 17 1.7690 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 724 1.7679 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,525 1.7680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,644 1.7668 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,817 1.7680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,800 1.7669 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 6,838 1.7709 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,216 1.7691 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,256 1.7677 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 29,290 1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 792 1.7700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,569 1.7702 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,187 1.7684 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,606 1.7689 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 6,838 1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,044 1.7677 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,629 1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,570 1.7683 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 10,302 1.7696 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,041 1.7691 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,595 1.7686 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 150,000 1.7658 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: 25 Mar 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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