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RNS Number : 7948S Barclays PLC 09 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: 08 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: 44,669,172 7.72% 1,105,271 0.19%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 789,981 0.14% 44,504,963 7.69%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,459,153 7.86% 45,610,234 7.88%
(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 74,800 1.7201 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 48,000 1.7200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 46,409 1.7232 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 11,878 1.7360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,429 1.7291 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,100 1.7341 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,539 1.7371 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,164 1.7359 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 826 1.7256 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 744 1.7318 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 682 1.7354 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 347 1.7349 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 309 1.7350 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 275 1.7274 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 137 1.7365 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 124 1.7357 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 93 1.7348 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 66 1.7370 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 38 1.7310 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12 1.7358 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 64,780 1.7200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 61,016 1.7206 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 55,845 1.7213 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 30,122 1.7319 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 25,818 1.7342 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 16,991 1.7283 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 14,275 1.7249 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,935 1.7309 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,427 1.7203 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,406 1.7256 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,976 1.7311 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,950 1.7298 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,794 1.7276 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,340 1.7363 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,237 1.7350 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,203 1.7349 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,178 1.7284 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,385 1.7289 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,236 1.7328 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 645 1.7345 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 595 1.7361 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 403 1.7340 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 66 1.7371 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 56 1.7300 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 741 1.7199 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 64,709 1.7200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 59,210 1.7202 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 300 1.7229 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,275 1.7249 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,102 1.7252 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,407 1.7253 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,208 1.7263 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,794 1.7276 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 16,991 1.7283 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,122 1.7320 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,570 1.7323 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 645 1.7345 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,203 1.7349 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 69,645 1.7200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 74,800 1.7201 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6 1.7250 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 66 1.7251 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,078 1.7260 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 275 1.7274 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,429 1.7290 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 422 1.7303 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 588 1.7307 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,893 1.7340 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,100 1.7341 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 124 1.7357 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,876 1.7360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 368 1.7371 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 6,058 1.7281 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,578 1.7358 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 10,194 1.7201 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: 09 Jan 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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