REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
05/03/2025 14:00
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RNS Number : 5060Z Barclays PLC 05 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: 04 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: 44,909,182 7.76% 1,273,626 0.22%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 182,691 0.03% 44,658,861 7.72%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,091,873 7.79% 45,932,487 7.94%
(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 213,443 1.8804 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 46,378 1.8821 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 45,310 1.8873 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 20,133 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 16,160 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 11,739 1.8879 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,543 1.8857 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,426 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,313 1.8839 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,048 1.8866 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,997 1.8901 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,646 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,438 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,246 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 927 1.8815 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 786 1.8950 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 507 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 499 1.8880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 188,809 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 129,142 1.8801 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 40,703 1.8816 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 37,262 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 19,157 1.8804 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 17,513 1.8812 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,619 1.8827 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,138 1.8826 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,943 1.8817 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,700 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,179 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,083 1.8878 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,858 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,515 1.8914 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,746 1.8838 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,208 1.8815 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,110 1.8842 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,089 1.8843 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,018 1.8831 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,999 1.8854 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,524 1.8814 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,324 1.8904 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,114 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 200 1.8835 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 8,033 1.8813 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,524 1.8814 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40,703 1.8816 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,943 1.8817 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,182 1.8822 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,619 1.8827 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 37,200 1.8833 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 168 1.8909 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 313 1.8950 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 109,293 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,579 1.8803 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 483 1.8815 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 41,412 1.8832 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 863 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,527 1.8855 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,947 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,988 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,657 1.8861 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 45,310 1.8873 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,523 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 786 1.8950 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 3,731 1.8867 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 769 1.8871 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: 05 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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