Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

13 December 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3a Replaces form Released at 12/12/2024 14:53 RNS Number : 9137P
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:			11 Dec 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:				43,928,043	7.59%	1,314,040	0.22%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				986,718	0.17%	43,087,732	7.45%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				44,914,761	7.76%	44,401,772	7.67%
(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	180,033	1.8008  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	61,411	1.7996  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	45,027	1.7990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	17,221	1.7989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	13,391	1.8000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	11,328	1.7992  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	7,948	1.7956  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	6,291	1.7976  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,114	1.7905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,074	1.7977  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	728	1.8005  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	700	1.7964  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	597	1.8030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	578	1.7920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	53,302	1.7969  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	44,598	1.8000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	27,426	1.7993  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	15,601	1.7990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	13,143	1.7965  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,921	1.7986  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,220	1.7989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,200	1.7998  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	706	1.7945  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	590	1.7960  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	526	1.7966  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	341	1.8030  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	3,857	1.7977  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	228	1.7909  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,143	1.7965  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	53,302	1.7969  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,426	1.7993  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,200	1.7998  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,114	1.7905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	301	1.7938  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,948	1.7956  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,283	1.7981  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,621	1.7986  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	767	1.7988  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,221	1.7989  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	40,249	1.7990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,097	1.7994  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,965	1.8000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	180,033	1.8008  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	578	1.7921  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5,641	1.8001  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:				13 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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