REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Spirent CommunicationsAnnouncement

12/03/2025 14:45

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RNS Number : 4227A  Barclays PLC  12 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:                                                     11 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:                                                      46,708,850         8.07%            1,349,013      0.23%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                      193,661            0.03%            46,525,654     8.04%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0              0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  46,902,511         8.11%            47,874,667     8.27%
 (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                              66,669                              1.8943  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              56,949                              1.8938  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              23,496                              1.8950  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              18,893                              1.8928  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              14,961                              1.8920  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              14,676                              1.8906  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              9,882                               1.8922  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              9,193                               1.8930  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              7,892                               1.8900  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              7,500                               1.8980  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              5,237                               1.8936  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              4,549                               1.8918  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              3,898                               1.8905  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              2,180                               1.8910  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              1,201                               1.8925  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              1,032                               1.8899  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              976                                 1.8945  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              546                                 1.8915  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              530                                 1.8890  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              502                                 1.8970  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              8                                   1.8990  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              2                                   1.8965  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  99,089                              1.8950  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  44,976                              1.8912  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  40,462                              1.8917  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  23,686                              1.8925  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  20,742                              1.8944  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  16,996                              1.8926  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  14,057                              1.8941  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  7,500                               1.8980  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  7,283                               1.8930  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  5,236                               1.8900  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  4,647                               1.8919  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  3,898                               1.8905  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  3,200                               1.8932  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  3,174                               1.8928  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  2,082                               1.8887  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  2,026                               1.8890  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  1,952                               1.8945  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  1,835                               1.8958  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  1,798                               1.8916  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  1,635                               1.8910  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  873                                 1.8920  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  607                                 1.8908  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  546                                 1.8915  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  543                                 1.8935  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  502                                 1.8970  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  476                                 1.8949  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  8                                   1.8990  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                    39,293         1.8900  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    7,694          1.8908  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    44,976         1.8912  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,164          1.8915  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    2,032          1.8921  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    3,053          1.8925  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    16,996         1.8926  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    13,333         1.8934  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    66,973         1.8948  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    476            1.8949  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    7,854          1.8950  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    2              1.8900  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,076          1.8902  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    8,874          1.8906  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    8,692          1.8920  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    2,470          1.8922  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,144          1.8924  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    149            1.8925  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    10,045         1.8930  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    26,026         1.8934  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    42,207         1.8939  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    19,227         1.8950  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    1,227          1.8922  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    CFD                                   Increasing Short                    4,633          1.8937  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:                                                                      12 Mar 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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