Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

10 September 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3b Replaces form Released at 09/09/2024 15:17 RNS Number : 4744D
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 Sep 2024
(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:				33,535,843	5.80%	897,369	0.16%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				518,629	0.09%	32,779,762	5.66%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				34,054,472	5.89%	33,677,131	5.82%
(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	300,000	1.7348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	117,865	1.7470  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	106,761	1.7310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	72,007	1.7352  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	70,000	1.7340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	43,915	1.7328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	40,384	1.7387  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	32,941	1.7349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	30,361	1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	10,708	1.7344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	6,079	1.7385  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,218	1.7337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,594	1.7490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,493	1.7403  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,429	1.7367  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,887	1.7445  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,500	1.7300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,856	1.7420  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,762	1.7591  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,704	1.7402  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	826	1.7401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	467	1.7430  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	376	1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	367	1.7390  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	344	1.7460  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	186,847	1.7438  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	100,000	1.7312  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	74,309	1.7378  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	67,505	1.7308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	42,958	1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17,323	1.7309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	13,264	1.7411  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	6,529	1.7338  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,218	1.7337  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,070	1.7344  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,961	1.7354  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,189	1.7403  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,031	1.7326  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	584	1.7380  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	16	1.7540  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	67,505	1.7308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,323	1.7309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,798	1.7311  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,031	1.7326  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,471	1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,592	1.7354  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	37,344	1.7389  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,264	1.7411  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16	1.7538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	43,915	1.7328  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,408	1.7330  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	70,000	1.7340  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	300,000	1.7348  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	32,941	1.7349  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	376	1.7360  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	826	1.7401  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,704	1.7402  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,637	1.7405  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	18,567	1.7409  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,535	1.7413  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,583	1.7415  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	182	1.7424  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	344	1.7461  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,762	1.7591  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	6,296	1.7423  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	4	1.7325  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5,251	1.7329  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	7,561	1.7331  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,075	1.7409  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:				10 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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