Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

07 May 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  relevant securities this form relates:			SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
(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 May 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			NO
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:				42,246,517	7.27%	2,372,080	0.40%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,636,484	0.28%	41,953,965	7.22%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				43,883,001	7.55%	44,326,045	7.62%
(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)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	299,652	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	70,803	1.8506  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	66,704	1.8530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	18,111	1.8655  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	15,044	1.8498  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	6,427	1.8555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,100	1.8514  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,926	1.8639  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,318	1.8602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	949	1.8700  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	755	1.8603  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	462	1.8600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	267	1.8504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	194,472	1.8509  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	101,450	1.8623  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	56,044	1.8501  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	44,494	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	986	1.8594  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	953	1.8530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	951	1.8520  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	532	1.8611  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	403	1.8580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	193	1.8645  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	30	1.8600  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,942	1.8574  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	30	1.8599  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	101,450	1.8623  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,506	1.8641  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	193	1.8645  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	142,137	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	267	1.8504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	70,803	1.8506  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,100	1.8514  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,427	1.8555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,439	1.8562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6,530	1.8570  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	161	1.8590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	100	1.8600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,117	1.8602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	895	1.8625  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,111	1.8655  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	769	1.8665  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	10,481	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	16,967	1.8600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,318	1.8720  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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 person 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 May 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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