Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

16 January 2025

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3a Replaces form Released at 06/01/2025 14:24 RNS Number : 2878S
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:			03 Jan 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:				44,602,537	7.71%	1,154,770	0.19%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				855,629	0.15%	44,445,725	7.68%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				45,458,166	7.86%	45,600,495	7.88%
(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	226,348	1.7631  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	65,402	1.7665  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	48,972	1.7620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	31,733	1.7740  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	20,000	1.7685  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	11,714	1.7671  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,484	1.7660  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,794	1.7618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,614	1.7670  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,500	1.7677  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	909	1.7651  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	697	1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	371	1.7630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	343	1.7699  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	207	1.7610  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	184	1.7621  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	37,325	1.7618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	21,724	1.7615  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	19,370	1.7645  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17,384	1.7629  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	9,421	1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,590	1.7672  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,869	1.7646  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	538	1.7670  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	475	1.7620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	371	1.7630  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	1,000	1.7605  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	21,724	1.7615  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,713	1.7618  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	834	1.7621  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,384	1.7629  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,370	1.7645  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,869	1.7646  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,421	1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	15,320	1.7700  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,756	1.7735  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	207	1.7611  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,071	1.7620  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	184	1.7621  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	226,751	1.7631  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6	1.7636  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3	1.7646  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,330	1.7658  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	963	1.7665  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	72,500	1.7666  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,278	1.7701  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,733	1.7740  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5,250	1.7645  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	20,000	1.7685  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:				16 Jan 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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