REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
26/03/2025 15:30
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RNS Number : 3589C Barclays PLC 26 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: 25 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: 42,775,595 7.36% 1,147,642 0.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 409,049 0.07% 42,513,156 7.32%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 43,184,644 7.43% 43,660,798 7.51%
(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 223,821 1.8906 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 201,695 1.8917 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 124,877 1.8964 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 81,326 1.8958 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 75,243 1.8967 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 50,983 1.8905 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 32,755 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,837 1.8988 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,589 1.8979 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,316 1.8995 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,316 1.8952 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 6,435 1.8982 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 6,400 1.8973 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 6,347 1.8990 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,905 1.9019 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,840 1.8946 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,083 1.8961 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,818 1.8996 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,808 1.8918 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,533 1.8991 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,326 1.8930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,435 1.8994 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,139 1.9025 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,644 1.8954 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,510 1.9047 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 905 1.9040 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 611 1.8910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 536 1.9010 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 262 1.8992 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 90 1.9030 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 22 1.9000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 535,291 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 164,529 1.8902 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 144,038 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 123,860 1.8898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 67,815 1.8963 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 15,909 1.8916 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 12,186 1.8954 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,688 1.8997 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,689 1.8973 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,739 1.8912 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,093 1.9005 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,227 1.8980 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,207 1.8978 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,169 1.9023 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,007 1.9008 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,392 1.8950 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,139 1.9025 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,743 1.8981 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,734 1.8890 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,718 1.8975 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,633 1.9003 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,272 1.9000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,222 1.8910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,206 1.8925 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 419 1.8899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 290 1.9030 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 274 1.9010 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 15 1.9199 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 14,239 1.8971 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,734 1.8890 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 123,860 1.8898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 419 1.8899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 60,343 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,792 1.8908 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,639 1.8939 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,248 1.8940 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 257 1.8949 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 12,186 1.8954 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,718 1.8975 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,700 1.8978 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,665 1.8995 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,874 1.9000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,633 1.9003 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,093 1.9005 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 400,000 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13 1.9039 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 15 1.9199 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 63,910 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,574 1.8909 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 722 1.8918 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 80,736 1.8947 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 81,326 1.8958 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 124,877 1.8964 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,601 1.8966 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 16,867 1.8967 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,254 1.8969 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,435 1.8979 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,413 1.9000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 739 1.9001 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 12,607 1.9016 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,139 1.9025 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 8,970 1.9032 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: 26 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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