REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
21/03/2025 14:15
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RNS Number : 7246B Barclays PLC 21 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: 20 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: 42,806,013 7.37% 1,000,708 0.17%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 309,189 0.05% 42,592,036 7.33%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 43,115,202 7.42% 43,592,744 7.50%
(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 659,234 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 116,546 1.8812 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,900 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 6,724 1.8834 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,986 1.8861 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,943 1.8819 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,645 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,451 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,968 1.8852 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,032 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,267 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,261 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,170 1.8865 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 76 1.8825 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 67,288 1.8826 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 30,594 1.8809 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 25,624 1.8806 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 14,254 1.8855 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,267 1.8865 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,647 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,624 1.8861 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,474 1.8839 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,424 1.8848 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,471 1.8868 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,893 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,572 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 874 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 728 1.8825 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 625 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 593 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 523 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 498 1.8857 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 263 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 101 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 99 1.8818 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 9,483 1.8834 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 25,624 1.8806 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31,067 1.8809 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 101 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15,124 1.8825 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 52,164 1.8826 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 712 1.8831 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,573 1.8839 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,893 1.8841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,378 1.8847 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,424 1.8848 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,464 1.8855 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,690 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,436 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 235,093 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 124,441 1.8815 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,724 1.8834 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,407 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,624 1.8846 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 937 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,900 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,193 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 410 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 13,824 1.8859 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 407 1.8861 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: 21 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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