REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

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RNS Number : 6784G  Barclays PLC  29 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:                                                     28 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:                                                      40,738,707         7.01%            2,312,509      0.40%
 (2)              Cash-settled derivatives:
                  and/or controlled:                                                      1,537,596          0.26%            40,434,545     6.96%
 (3)              Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
                  and agreements to purchase/sell:                                        0                  0.00%            0              0.00%

                  TOTAL:                                                                  42,276,303         7.27%            42,747,054     7.36%
 (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                              78,967                              1.8560  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              78,787                              1.8400  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              54,776                              1.8320  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              50,000                              1.8332  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              31,340                              1.8490  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              27,464                              1.8547  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              16,578                              1.8528  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              15,275                              1.8554  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              8,857                               1.8415  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              7,100                               1.8402  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              6,159                               1.8389  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              5,760                               1.8393  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              2,925                               1.8395  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              2,617                               1.8352  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              2,255                               1.8381  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              2,222                               1.8371  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              1,744                               1.8330  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              1,254                               1.8387  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              1,139                               1.8380  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              607                                 1.8360  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              605                                 1.8379  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              510                                 1.8354  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              505                                 1.8300  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Purchase                              297                                 1.8440  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  98,717                              1.8543  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  8,136                               1.8522  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  3,000                               1.8355  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  2,574                               1.8400  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  1,326                               1.8557  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  605                                 1.8380  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    Sale                                  1                                   1.8420  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                    4              1.8379  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,968          1.8392  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    2,500          1.8400  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    8,641          1.8408  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    8,136          1.8522  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    1,429          1.8544  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Decreasing Short                    56,919         1.8560  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    57,226         1.8321  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    50,000         1.8332  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,322          1.8377  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,609          1.8380  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    2,255          1.8381  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    1,254          1.8387  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    5,760          1.8393  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    2,925          1.8395  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    515            1.8400  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    89,705         1.8402  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    10,302         1.8538  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    27,464         1.8547  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    SWAP                                  Increasing Short                    95,797         1.8560  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    3,000          1.8355  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    2,490          1.8420  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    CFD                                   Decreasing Short                    31,185         1.8558  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    CFD                                   Increasing Short                    510            1.8354  GBP
 3 1/3p ordinary                                    CFD                                   Increasing Short                    717            1.8559  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:                                                                      29 Apr 2025
 Contact name:                                                                            Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
 Telephone number:                                                                        020 3134 7213

 

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