REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
28/03/2025 15:15
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RNS Number : 7582C Barclays PLC 28 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: 27 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: 42,789,828 7.36% 989,434 0.17%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 282,208 0.05% 42,533,974 7.32%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 43,072,036 7.41% 43,523,408 7.49%
(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 126,903 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 73,999 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 45,566 1.8827 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 32,746 1.8780 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 27,709 1.8754 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 25,146 1.8784 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 18,312 1.8763 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,443 1.8790 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 12,020 1.8794 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,536 1.8829 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 8,348 1.8773 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 6,895 1.8832 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,529 1.8806 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,029 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,864 1.8825 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,626 1.8803 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,505 1.8775 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,974 1.8797 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,446 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,244 1.8814 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,864 1.8835 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,613 1.8789 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,216 1.8750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,035 1.8745 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 826 1.8755 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 773 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 424 1.8823 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 214,906 1.8785 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 54,920 1.8824 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 54,300 1.8809 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 34,259 1.8811 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 28,921 1.8797 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 18,767 1.8788 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,485 1.8807 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,021 1.8758 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,337 1.8835 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,801 1.8825 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,473 1.8794 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,367 1.8741 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,036 1.8804 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,168 1.8800 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,122 1.8803 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,059 1.8818 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,923 1.8777 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,832 1.8799 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,682 1.8819 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,251 1.8750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,141 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,613 1.8790 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,353 1.8838 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 773 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 610 1.8844 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 361 1.8880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 103 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4 1.8840 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 16,273 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,216 1.8750 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,263 1.8760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,633 1.8776 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,923 1.8777 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,767 1.8788 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 28,921 1.8797 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 48,700 1.8808 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,679 1.8809 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 121 1.8810 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 54,373 1.8816 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,038 1.8819 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,800 1.8822 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 300 1.8829 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,337 1.8835 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,353 1.8838 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,415 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,505 1.8775 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,974 1.8797 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,441 1.8819 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,112 1.8820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,286 1.8821 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 34,627 1.8822 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 424 1.8823 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,567 1.8830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,864 1.8835 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 88,420 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 9,310 1.8838 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 478 1.8854 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: 28 Mar 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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