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RNS Number : 6291S Barclays PLC 08 January 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: 07 Jan 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: 44,779,441 7.74% 1,093,833 0.19%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 787,649 0.14% 44,615,680 7.71%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,567,090 7.87% 45,709,513 7.90%
(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 236,818 1.7309 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 39,051 1.7326 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 24,594 1.7323 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 16,735 1.7314 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 13,728 1.7300 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 11,370 1.7241 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,745 1.7294 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,119 1.7337 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,723 1.7304 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,681 1.7292 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,342 1.7303 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,000 1.7330 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,000 1.7328 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 926 1.7295 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 762 1.7351 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 741 1.7438 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 684 1.7230 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 559 1.7256 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 503 1.7343 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 398 1.7240 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 302 1.7315 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 194 1.7320 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 132 1.7210 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 38 1.7390 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 64,525 1.7301 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 58,065 1.7292 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 29,302 1.7299 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 18,083 1.7300 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 13,586 1.7288 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,407 1.7296 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 9,815 1.7289 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 9,790 1.7294 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,810 1.7290 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,607 1.7280 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,351 1.7313 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,760 1.7291 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,600 1.7305 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,000 1.7330 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 398 1.7240 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 351 1.7235 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 20 1.7312 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 57,979 1.7288 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,859 1.7289 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 808 1.7290 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 44,896 1.7295 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 21,597 1.7299 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,651 1.7300 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 64,525 1.7301 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 260 1.7314 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 453 1.7235 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,370 1.7241 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5 1.7280 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2 1.7290 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,681 1.7291 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,100 1.7298 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,831 1.7300 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 200,000 1.7308 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 313 1.7309 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 144 1.7310 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,735 1.7314 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,874 1.7315 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,002 1.7317 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,740 1.7323 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 39,051 1.7326 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,878 1.7349 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,247 1.7358 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 38 1.7391 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,488 1.7312 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,392 1.7431 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: 08 Jan 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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