REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
23/05/2025 14:00
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RNS Number : 0314K Barclays PLC 23 May 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: 22 May 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: 46,499,769 8.00% 2,042,901 0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,883,168 0.32% 46,183,563 7.95%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 48,382,937 8.33% 48,226,464 8.30%
(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 58,871 1.9345 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 50,701 1.9280 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 49,750 1.9334 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 49,299 1.9260 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 48,614 1.9290 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 45,592 1.9327 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 21,126 1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,610 1.9294 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 13,904 1.9295 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,770 1.9340 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,072 1.9296 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,741 1.9333 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,168 1.9279 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,084 1.9269 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,559 1.9361 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,347 1.9270 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 600 1.9286 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,000,000 1.9288 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 108,465 1.9269 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 89,710 1.9295 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 56,766 1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 13,409 1.9322 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,564 1.9275 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,982 1.9285 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,430 1.9260 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,400 1.9290 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 408 1.9299 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 242 1.9280 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8 1.9320 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 4,387 1.9328 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,334 1.9329 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,423 1.9260 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,888 1.9269 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 593 1.9274 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,336 1.9281 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,982 1.9285 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,000,000 1.9288 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 408 1.9299 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 264 1.9300 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,872 1.9308 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,996 1.9311 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,225 1.9359 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 46,853 1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,761 1.9279 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 520 1.9286 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 839 1.9290 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,641 1.9314 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 194 1.9321 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,935 1.9323 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,826 1.9331 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,758 1.9332 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 49,750 1.9334 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,770 1.9340 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 43,141 1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,559 1.9361 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,100 1.9396 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 204 1.9358 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 13,601 1.9303 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: 23 May 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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