REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
01/07/2025 15:00
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RNS Number : 2699P Barclays PLC 01 July 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: 30 Jun 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: 28,907,750 4.97% 1,984,184 0.34%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,582,696 0.27% 28,416,349 4.89%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 30,490,446 5.25% 30,400,533 5.23%
(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 100,000 1.9439 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 86,680 1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 41,100 1.9473 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 24,404 1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 9,266 1.9454 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,906 1.9450 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,303 1.9451 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,194 1.9461 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,717 1.9440 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,379 1.9456 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,301 1.9477 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,169 1.9441 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 848 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 347 1.9420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 303 1.9437 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 750,112 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 63,230 1.9457 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,902 1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,570 1.9440 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,086 1.9490 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,691 1.9428 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,547 1.9463 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,124 1.9464 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 999 1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 993 1.9455 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 915 1.9480 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 529 1.9432 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 496 1.9420 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 4,908 1.9495 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,691 1.9428 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,279 1.9443 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,686 1.9452 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,627 1.9453 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 749,705 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,936 1.9492 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,170 1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1 1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 100,000 1.9439 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,271 1.9441 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,266 1.9454 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,534 1.9456 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 7,685 1.9457 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 286 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,194 1.9461 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,300 1.9462 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 29,251 1.9485 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,915 1.9490 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 65,510 1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 19,240 1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 46,211 1.9449 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 9,354 1.9498 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 5,570 1.9501 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: 01 Jul 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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