REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
24/03/2025 14:45
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RNS Number : 9230B Barclays PLC 24 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: 21 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: 43,057,285 7.41% 982,593 0.17%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 287,539 0.05% 42,788,921 7.36%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 43,344,824 7.46% 43,771,514 7.53%
(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 543,372 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 137,069 1.8805 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 78,457 1.8802 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 54,223 1.8829 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 10,608 1.8801 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,110 1.8798 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,834 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,544 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,434 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,176 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 678 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 610 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 544 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 174,587 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 171,791 1.8801 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 71,507 1.8796 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 50,000 1.8794 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 31,220 1.8809 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 19,352 1.8821 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 12,207 1.8842 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,578 1.8815 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,650 1.8828 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,733 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,842 1.8866 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,515 1.8865 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,177 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,512 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,283 1.8799 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,185 1.8829 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,128 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5 1.8830 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 11,866 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 106 1.8790 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 370 1.8795 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 71,507 1.8796 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,283 1.8799 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,902 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 167,874 1.8801 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 30,210 1.8821 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,714 1.8822 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,860 1.8826 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,113 1.8828 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,185 1.8829 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 188 1.8850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,512 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,110 1.8798 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 501,913 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,051 1.8801 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,525 1.8805 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,098 1.8821 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,834 1.8858 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 786 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 4,862 1.8801 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,192 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 24,846 1.8801 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 50,000 1.8794 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: 24 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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