REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc
27/01/2025 17:45
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RNS Number : 8545U Barclays PLC 27 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: 23 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: 45,302,726 7.83% 902,519 0.16%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 441,529 0.08% 44,904,070 7.76%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,744,255 7.91% 45,806,589 7.92%
(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 170,647 1.7951 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 142,789 1.8166 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 100,424 1.8200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 98,641 1.8165 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 67,423 1.7943 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 45,461 1.7898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 31,336 1.7865 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 26,770 1.8199 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 15,404 1.8130 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 11,850 1.8134 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,823 1.7873 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 8,834 1.8077 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 8,148 1.7967 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,600 1.8098 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,319 1.8110 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,895 1.8120 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,861 1.7870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,385 1.8071 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,690 1.8090 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,993 1.8055 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,922 1.7993 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 732 1.8100 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 732 1.8099 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 531 1.8089 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 456 1.7820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 422 1.7889 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 180 1.8170 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 176,525 1.8200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 59,775 1.8032 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 35,362 1.7896 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 19,067 1.7980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 15,544 1.7996 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 14,305 1.7936 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,322 1.7949 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,175 1.8119 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,411 1.7892 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,922 1.7957 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,822 1.7895 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,575 1.7891 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,615 1.8107 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,153 1.7795 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,619 1.7863 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 999 1.8090 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 732 1.8100 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 425 1.8130 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 103 1.8124 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 1,619 1.7863 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,575 1.7891 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,011 1.7895 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 82,257 1.8000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 110,229 1.8017 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,615 1.8107 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,175 1.8119 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 103 1.8124 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 425 1.8130 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 456 1.7820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 26,177 1.7850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 1.7860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,838 1.7870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,823 1.7873 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 45,461 1.7898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 391 1.7912 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,646 1.7916 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3 1.7940 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,159 1.7942 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 67,423 1.7943 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,773 1.7948 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 170,647 1.7951 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 239 1.7999 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,329 1.8032 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,600 1.8098 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 53,700 1.8106 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,404 1.8130 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,850 1.8134 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 87,441 1.8162 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 458 1.8191 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,200 1.8195 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 40,667 1.8200 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 8,220 1.7901 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 6,514 1.7994 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: 27 Jan 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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