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RNS Number : 3305Z Barclays PLC 04 March 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: 03 Mar 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: 44,861,186 7.75% 1,092,216 0.19%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 176,088 0.03% 44,517,075 7.69%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,037,274 7.78% 45,609,291 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 100,000 1.8963 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 92,209 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 80,500 1.8941 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 46,620 1.8899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 42,886 1.8878 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 22,237 1.8894 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12,113 1.8877 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 10,720 1.8974 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 10,466 1.8886 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,000 1.8945 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,333 1.8887 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,915 1.8970 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,207 1.8920 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,635 1.8866 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,326 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,181 1.8852 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,161 1.8884 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,069 1.8935 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 855 1.8950 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 852 1.8930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 512 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 488 1.8910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 435 1.8979 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 434 1.8960 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 70 1.8940 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 73,393 1.8891 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 15,264 1.8869 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,881 1.8990 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,803 1.8970 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,965 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,858 1.8940 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,000 1.8945 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,799 1.8959 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,560 1.8879 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,522 1.8847 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,366 1.8893 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,196 1.8926 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,178 1.8915 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 979 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 855 1.8950 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 852 1.8930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 492 1.8890 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 107 1.8920 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 35 1.8960 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 450,000 1.8691 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,349 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,797 1.8872 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 73,393 1.8891 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,196 1.8926 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,788 1.8940 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,800 1.8966 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,950 1.8990 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,935 1.8866 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 61,508 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,009 1.8874 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,161 1.8884 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 36,765 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,991 1.8888 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 22,237 1.8894 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 46,620 1.8899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,950 1.8904 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,314 1.8911 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 80,500 1.8941 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 100,000 1.8963 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,070 1.8977 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 398 1.8862 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: 04 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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