REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
07/08/2025 14:30
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RNS Number : 4683U Barclays PLC 07 August 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: 06 Aug 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: 25,029,529 4.31% 1,304,717 0.22%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,228,556 0.21% 24,795,678 4.27%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 26,258,085 4.52% 26,100,395 4.49%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 895,258 1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 102,793 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 31,517 1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 8,473 1.9496 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,728 1.9480 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,852 1.9484 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,451 1.9492 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 933 1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 451 1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 122 1.9510 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 163,365 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 45,863 1.9489 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 37,039 1.9478 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 18,476 1.9473 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 14,594 1.9497 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 13,098 1.9458 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,637 1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,167 1.9501 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,139 1.9491 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,961 1.9477 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,700 1.9480 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 451 1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 189 1.9520 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 13,098 1.9458 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 56,577 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,768 1.9461 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,961 1.9477 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 37,039 1.9478 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 45,863 1.9489 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 7,012 1.9492 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 14,721 1.9496 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,311 1.9498 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,267 1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,324 1.9501 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,900 1.9503 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 249 1.9508 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 69 1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,136 1.9460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 690 1.9480 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 46,412 1.9491 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 789 1.9494 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,896 1.9498 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,550 1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,661 1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 122 1.9510 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 895,069 1.9520 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) Exercise
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: 07 Aug 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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