REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
10/02/2025 14:15
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RNS Number : 5602W Barclays PLC 10 February 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 Feb 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: 45,295,543 7.83% 685,149 0.12%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 375,282 0.06% 44,897,947 7.76%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,670,825 7.89% 45,583,096 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 226,148 1.8600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 104,449 1.8605 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 80,000 1.8633 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 33,018 1.8646 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 17,790 1.8667 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,263 1.8653 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 6,245 1.8644 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,823 1.8640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,840 1.8656 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,298 1.8618 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,643 1.8654 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,144 1.8672 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,946 1.8665 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,627 1.8650 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 888 1.8680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 582 1.8652 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 451 1.8630 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 41 1.8660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 127,577 1.8600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 46,501 1.8606 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 19,714 1.8635 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 16,335 1.8662 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,410 1.8654 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,439 1.8666 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,499 1.8640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,535 1.8656 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,866 1.8630 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,827 1.8633 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,818 1.8641 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,526 1.8661 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 887 1.8680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 872 1.8670 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 832 1.8665 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 542 1.8643 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 404 1.8620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 370 1.8650 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 41 1.8660 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 1,283 1.8600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 55,106 1.8619 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,242 1.8632 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,660 1.8635 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,054 1.8636 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,410 1.8654 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 166,992 1.8600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,298 1.8618 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 38,688 1.8627 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,389 1.8639 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,727 1.8640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,107 1.8648 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,263 1.8653 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,153 1.8656 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,821 1.8657 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 605 1.8663 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,790 1.8667 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,144 1.8672 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2 1.8675 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,212 1.8691 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 25,185 1.8601 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 503 1.8632 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 11,193 1.8634 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 80,000 1.8633 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: 10 Feb 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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