Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Barclays PLC, Spirent Communications plc

Aug 04 2025 15:28 BSTSource: RNS

RNS Number : 8905T

Barclays PLC

04 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:				01 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:			22,253,546	3.83%	1,195,677	0.21%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				1,113,942	0.19%	21,969,787	3.78%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			23,367,488	4.02%	23,165,464	3.99%
(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)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		500,487		1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		33,147		1.9566 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31,751		1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		26,898		1.9541 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,511		1.9556 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,226		1.9572 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,357		1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,094		1.9549 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		845		1.9599 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		845		1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		234		1.9580 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		149		1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		61		1.9565 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,396,056		1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		61,405		1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,663		1.9559 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,245		1.9556 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,935		1.9568 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,549		1.9552 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,780		1.9578 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,357		1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		845		1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		789		1.9557 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		699		1.9580 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		271		1.9558 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		149		1.9500 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		149	1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90	1.9518 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,394,732	1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		689	1.9545 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,549	1.9552 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,007	1.9556 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		271	1.9558 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,529	1.9559 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		42,350	1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,780	1.9578 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6	1.9760 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		500,022	1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		211	1.9536 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,900	1.9541 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,517	1.9542 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,094	1.9549 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		630	1.9554 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		500	1.9556 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		291	1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,737	1.9561 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,147	1.9566 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		270	1.9581 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:				04 Aug 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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