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RNS Number : 7869R Barclays PLC 31 December 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: 30 Dec 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: 44,620,018 7.71% 1,441,563 0.25%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,148,562 0.20% 44,474,596 7.69%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,768,580 7.91% 45,916,159 7.94%
(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 250,000 1.7764 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 23,944 1.7690 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 19,366 1.7693 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,781 1.7707 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,276 1.7732 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,464 1.7726 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,354 1.7718 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 901 1.7700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 875 1.7708 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 842 1.7688 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 791 1.7709 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 673 1.7738 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 355 1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 311 1.7730 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 310 1.7750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 301 1.7770 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 78 1.7670 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 52 1.7740 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 45 1.7680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 31,431 1.7690 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 18,478 1.7713 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,674 1.7688 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,383 1.7692 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,962 1.7698 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,627 1.7689 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,160 1.7740 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,088 1.7716 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,800 1.7733 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 959 1.7706 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 310 1.7730 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 310 1.7750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 239 1.7700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 78 1.7670 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 65 1.7699 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 21 1.7680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5 1.7710 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1 1.7770 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 11,674 1.7688 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 32,864 1.7690 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,694 1.7693 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,962 1.7698 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 106 1.7713 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,088 1.7716 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,800 1.7733 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,863 1.7690 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,226 1.7697 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,025 1.7701 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,571 1.7707 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 695 1.7726 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3 1.7730 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,284 1.7750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 250,000 1.7763 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 114 1.7689 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 4,235 1.7711 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,287 1.7716 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: 31 Dec 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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