REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
20/08/2025 14:45
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RNS Number : 1338W Barclays PLC 20 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: 19 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: 23,897,315 4.11% 1,907,296 0.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
1,813,806 0.31% 23,815,675 4.10%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 25,711,121 4.42% 25,722,971 4.43%
(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 62,906 1.9660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 11,109 1.9653 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 8,302 1.9654 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,330 1.9659 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,012 1.9642 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,784 1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,525 1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 754 1.9670 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 728 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 337 1.9636 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 62,775 1.9647 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 62,775 1.9628 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 62,018 1.9660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 49,479 1.9651 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 42,962 1.9658 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 36,936 1.9644 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 25,689 1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 17,138 1.9632 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 12,272 1.9652 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,410 1.9633 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 6,288 1.9627 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 3,788 1.9616 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,649 1.9650 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,873 1.9646 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,025 1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 851 1.9599 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 748 1.9680 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 728 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 419 1.9639 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 4,823 1.9637 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 851 1.9599 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,788 1.9616 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,067 1.9620 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 5,156 1.9624 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,400 1.9626 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 62,775 1.9628 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 530 1.9634 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 456 1.9638 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,157 1.9639 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 24,397 1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,781 1.9641 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 36,936 1.9644 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,380 1.9645 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,873 1.9646 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 62,775 1.9647 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 42,962 1.9658 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 44,817 1.9660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 88 1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 42 1.9618 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 309 1.9634 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,007 1.9644 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 21,012 1.9652 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 307 1.9658 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 31,881 1.9660 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 28,550 1.9651 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 7,390 1.9652 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: 20 Aug 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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