Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Amend

Barclays PLC

03 April 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 2a
Replaces form released on 14:23 07/03/2024
RNS Number :  0461G
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:				06-Mar-24
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NA
	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:			12,513,563	2.16%	452,741	0.07%
-2	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			288,207	0.04%	12,254,257	2.11%
-3	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			12,801,770	2.20%	12,706,998	2.18%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		480,948		1.7577  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		389,464		1.7567  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		232,031		1.7552  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		181,190		1.7555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		132,716		1.7558  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		76,706		1.7583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		57,792		1.7547  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		38,178		1.7551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		26,135		1.7554  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		24,433		1.7499  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		23,060		1.7590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,663		1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16,693		1.7559  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		16,586		1.7543  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,906		1.7522  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		10,308		1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,881		1.7548  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,010		1.7564  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,160		1.7550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,846		1.7557  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,189		1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,983		1.7570  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,619		1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,463		1.7530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,419		1.7609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		146		1.7498  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22		1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		450,861		1.7554  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		215,780		1.7555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		209,803		1.7568  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		77,003		1.7537  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		65,521		1.7503  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		54,537		1.7550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		35,562		1.7529  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		22,366		1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,757		1.7559  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,881		1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,835		1.7572  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,947		1.7530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,080		1.7610  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,535		1.7542  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,148		1.7540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,983		1.7570  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,840		1.7591  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,803		1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,624		1.7558  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,375		1.7590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,365		1.7602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,330		1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,300		1.7648  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		162		1.7575  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		Closing Long		20,330	1.7590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		480,948	1.7577  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,300	1.7648  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,365	1.7602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,502	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,189	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,837	1.7610  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,130	1.7575  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,835	1.7572  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,928	1.7659  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,596	1.7571  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,620	1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		46,240	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		215,780	1.7555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		433,222	1.7554  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,369	1.7590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,413	1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,189	1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,335	1.7548  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,160	1.7550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,906	1.7522  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		76,706	1.7583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		374,766	1.7559  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		437,870	1.7555  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)	Exercising
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:				03-Apr-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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