REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
06/03/2025 15:15
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RNS Number : 6989Z Barclays PLC 06 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: 05 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: 47,335,899 8.18% 1,383,998 0.24%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 197,162 0.03% 47,046,922 8.13%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 47,533,061 8.21% 48,430,920 8.37%
(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 1,499,989 1.8911 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 500,000 1.8881 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 284,253 1.8910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 131,421 1.8897 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 65,818 1.8894 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 53,103 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 50,000 1.8843 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 38,431 1.8905 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 32,401 1.8893 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 32,119 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 26,499 1.8877 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 17,881 1.8845 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 17,820 1.8899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,720 1.8890 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12,696 1.8855 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,248 1.8904 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,766 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,440 1.8898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,354 1.8883 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,095 1.8918 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,174 1.8875 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,156 1.8871 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,402 1.8930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 904 1.8880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 509 1.8920 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 503 1.8895 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 242 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 11 1.8902 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 153,138 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 137,901 1.8897 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 52,491 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 51,323 1.8887 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 42,100 1.8891 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,169 1.8835 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 9,264 1.8865 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,299 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,850 1.8846 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,574 1.8902 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,755 1.8901 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,946 1.8837 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,217 1.8910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,402 1.8930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,296 1.8909 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 789 1.8868 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 509 1.8920 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 446 1.8880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 106 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 35 1.8894 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 18,269 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,850 1.8846 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,997 1.8868 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 682 1.8874 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 43,303 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 51,323 1.8887 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,100 1.8891 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 137,901 1.8897 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,009 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,755 1.8901 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 519,465 1.8906 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,296 1.8909 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 32,119 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 1.8843 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 17,881 1.8845 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,696 1.8855 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,156 1.8872 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 581 1.8875 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 13,839 1.8879 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 566 1.8880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 500,000 1.8881 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 612 1.8883 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 26,812 1.8887 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11,428 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 11 1.8902 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,478 1.8905 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,038,930 1.8906 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,499,989 1.8911 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 1,006 1.8828 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,448 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: 06 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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