REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
16/01/2025 15:00
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RNS Number : 6523T Barclays PLC 16 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: 15 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: 44,444,175 7.68% 1,125,725 0.19%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 819,137 0.14% 44,290,035 7.65%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,263,312 7.82% 45,415,760 7.85%
(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 36,374 1.7455 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 19,234 1.7541 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 18,748 1.7509 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,405 1.7471 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,674 1.7443 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,003 1.7529 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,330 1.7506 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,668 1.7489 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,157 1.7549 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,048 1.7430 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 680 1.7605 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 408 1.7540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 10 1.7449 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4 1.7390 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 69,563 1.7430 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 41,407 1.7470 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 27,248 1.7453 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 15,967 1.7498 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,538 1.7499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,231 1.7494 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,766 1.7443 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,158 1.7484 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,040 1.7568 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,673 1.7481 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,799 1.7649 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,071 1.7522 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,032 1.7520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,032 1.7500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 803 1.7487 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 688 1.7510 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 381 1.7570 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 300 1.7441 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 38 1.7431 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 69,446 1.7430 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 300 1.7441 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,766 1.7443 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 232 1.7444 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27,248 1.7453 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27,640 1.7479 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 27,712 1.7481 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15 1.7600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,799 1.7649 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2 1.7420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 14,721 1.7430 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,666 1.7431 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,674 1.7443 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,879 1.7463 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 600 1.7482 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,514 1.7493 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4 1.7495 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,748 1.7509 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,003 1.7529 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 8,338 1.7538 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,896 1.7544 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 945 1.7597 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 9,958 1.7499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,812 1.7511 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,418 1.7488 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,569 1.7519 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: 16 Jan 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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