REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
16/12/2024 15:45
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RNS Number : 2803Q Barclays PLC 16 December 2024
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: 13 Dec 2024
(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: 44,203,843 7.64% 1,480,805 0.26%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 1,150,839 0.20% 43,363,572 7.49%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 45,354,682 7.84% 44,844,377 7.75%
(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 200,000 1.7888 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 156,074 1.7894 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 39,128 1.7900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 8,147 1.7785 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 5,376 1.8002 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,632 1.7830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 4,583 1.7775 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 3,300 1.7998 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,993 1.7822 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 2,821 1.7688 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 1,519 1.8030 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 508 1.7910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 507 1.7842 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 359 1.7760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Purchase 99 1.7920 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 176,707 1.7899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 66,297 1.7760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 26,320 1.7869 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 17,079 1.7849 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 14,351 1.7880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 11,132 1.7895 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 10,355 1.7864 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 8,257 1.7932 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 5,949 1.7833 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 4,898 1.7900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,858 1.7807 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 2,106 1.7818 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,877 1.7911 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,645 1.7860 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,519 1.8030 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 1,488 1.7856 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 776 1.7885 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 643 1.7884 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 558 1.7805 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 512 1.7868 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 431 1.7930 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 377 1.7850 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 350 1.7898 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 315 1.7785 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary Sale 99 1.7921 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 3,289 1.7820 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 64,159 1.7760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 315 1.7785 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,305 1.7842 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,079 1.7849 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 10,355 1.7864 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 26,320 1.7869 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,562 1.7880 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 334 1.7893 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 57,400 1.7899 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,821 1.7688 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,773 1.7760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,993 1.7822 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 256 1.7826 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,632 1.7830 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 507 1.7841 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 200,000 1.7888 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 39,128 1.7900 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 439 1.7910 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,300 1.7998 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2 1.8010 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,519 1.8030 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 143 1.8041 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 537 1.7858 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: 16 Dec 2024
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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