Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC

27 May 2025

 

FORM 8.3 -published at 11:53 on 27/05/2025 changes made to section 2A and  3A
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:			23 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:				45,708,415	7.87%	2,043,431	0.35%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,883,755	0.32%	44,396,763	7.64%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				47,592,170	8.19%	46,440,194	7.99%
(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	1,000,000	1.9199  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	74,625	1.9283  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	69,521	1.9343  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	62,187	1.9281  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	19,498	1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	19,302	1.9274  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	17,193	1.9306  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	14,802	1.9247  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,682	1.9381  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,590	1.9350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,399	1.9284  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	836	1.9400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	657	1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	657	1.9320  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	587	1.9329  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	108	1.9205  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	6	1.9359  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	6	1.9360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,000,000	1.9199  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,000,000	1.9188  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	33,633	1.9243  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	10,515	1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	9,967	1.9322  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	6,009	1.9379  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,777	1.9337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,111	1.9225  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,662	1.9385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,434	1.9355  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,294	1.9382  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,076	1.9240  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,040	1.9347  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	763	1.9160  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	723	1.9400  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	433	1.9360  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	6,242	1.9328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000,000	1.9188  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,073	1.9194  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000,000	1.9199  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,111	1.9225  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,949	1.9239  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000,000	1.9299  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,551	1.9305  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,967	1.9322  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	234	1.9342  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,467	1.9351  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,760	1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,662	1.9385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	22	1.9203  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	86	1.9206  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,802	1.9247  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,694	1.9280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	62,187	1.9281  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	74,625	1.9283  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,000,000	1.9288  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	384	1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	604	1.9308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	23,537	1.9318  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	69,521	1.9343  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,841	1.9347  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,590	1.9350  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15	1.9360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,018	1.9361  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	346	1.9380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,682	1.9381  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,300	1.9258  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	3,975	1.9345  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:				27th May 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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