REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
03/04/2025 14:45
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RNS Number : 5885D Barclays PLC 03 April 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: 02 Apr 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: 43,401,839 7.47% 1,696,522 0.29%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 789,881 0.14% 43,141,745 7.42%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 44,191,720 7.60% 44,838,267 7.72%
(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 375,990 1.8978 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 291,386 1.8951 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 237,105 1.8937 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 53,987 1.8884 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 33,347 1.8926 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 32,082 1.8995 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 31,105 1.9021 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 30,125 1.9000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 28,602 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 24,036 1.8879 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 15,845 1.8883 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 7,737 1.8890 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,833 1.8965 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,471 1.8862 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 620 1.8920 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 383 1.8840 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 349 1.8910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 291,386 1.8951 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 227,764 1.8940 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 132,750 1.8879 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 64,189 1.8984 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 53,987 1.8884 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 28,845 1.8893 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 22,617 1.8862 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 18,999 1.8898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 16,479 1.8900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 14,147 1.8891 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 13,043 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,460 1.8885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,054 1.8932 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,407 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,712 1.8886 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,578 1.8911 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,002 1.8902 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,715 1.9000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,556 1.8931 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,251 1.8866 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 944 1.8870 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 691 1.8880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 582 1.8867 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 20 1.8999 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 Decreasing Short 8,406 1.8860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 132,750 1.8879 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 74,144 1.8884 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,712 1.8886 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,142 1.8888 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,999 1.8898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,002 1.8902 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,585 1.8909 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,556 1.8931 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,054 1.8932 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 108 1.8939 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 249 1.8940 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,818 1.8952 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 22,674 1.8987 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3 1.9000 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 18,697 1.9018 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 13,043 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 24,036 1.8879 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,845 1.8883 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,136 1.8907 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,166 1.8919 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,088 1.8921 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 33,347 1.8926 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,664 1.8930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 18,589 1.8944 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 375,990 1.8978 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,906 1.9019 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 61,898 1.9020 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 31,105 1.9021 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 2,894 1.8898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 1,675 1.8925 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: 03 Apr 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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