REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
15/08/2025 14:00
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RNS Number : 5816V Barclays PLC 15 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: 14 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: 23,305,919 4.01% 1,566,386 0.27%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,468,950 0.25% 23,217,486 4.00%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 24,774,869 4.26% 24,783,872 4.26%
(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 936,981 1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 30,880 1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 14,934 1.9543 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,028 1.9614 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,038 1.9626 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,859 1.9604 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,181 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,098 1.9611 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,229 1.9608 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 939 1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 644 1.9580 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 268 1.9660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 52 1.9610 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 6 1.9550 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 87,000 1.9598 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 74,652 1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 14,934 1.9543 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,388 1.9542 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 7,223 1.9615 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,418 1.9625 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,165 1.9626 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,256 1.9633 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,122 1.9612 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,593 1.9550 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,337 1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,168 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 734 1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 644 1.9580 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 268 1.9660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 205 1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 200 1.9599 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 52 1.9610 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 4,450 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 11,388 1.9542 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 456 1.9549 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,587 1.9550 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 50 1.9559 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 26 1.9572 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24 1.9580 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 645 1.9597 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 87,000 1.9598 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 200 1.9599 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 594 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,407 1.9618 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 505 1.9619 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 44,022 1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 6,418 1.9625 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 935,644 1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 34 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,779 1.9601 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 6,356 1.9607 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 235 1.9609 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 650 1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 15,671 1.9624 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 205 1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 11,459 1.9623 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 2,935 1.9615 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: 15 Aug 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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