REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
18/03/2025 13:45
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RNS Number : 1617B Barclays PLC 18 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: 17 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: 43,293,283 7.48% 1,260,329 0.22%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 219,671 0.04% 43,150,098 7.46%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 43,512,954 7.52% 44,410,427 7.67%
(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 96,361 1.8833 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 34,643 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12,685 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,336 1.8846 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,104 1.8834 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,501 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,816 1.8848 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,251 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,020 1.8854 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 982 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 567 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 395 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 167 1.8845 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 906,196 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 145,172 1.8828 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 82,927 1.8843 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 28,717 1.8845 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 22,965 1.8837 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 13,802 1.8832 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 13,781 1.8831 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,082 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,204 1.8839 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,237 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,767 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,342 1.8849 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,062 1.8834 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 865 1.8851 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 721 1.8854 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 556 1.8880 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 Increasing Short 9,221 1.8832 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,460 1.8827 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 145,172 1.8828 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 541 1.8829 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,781 1.8831 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 500 1.8833 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,965 1.8837 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,204 1.8839 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 905,716 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,847 1.8843 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 167 1.8845 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,653 1.8847 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,204 1.8848 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,849 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 865 1.8851 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 318 1.8856 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,553 1.8829 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 46,205 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,116 1.8837 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 395 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,816 1.8848 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 159 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 17,405 1.8837 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 6,634 1.8841 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: 18 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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