Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Amend

Barclays PLC

03 April 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section  3b
Replaces form released on 12:52 08/03/2024
RNS Number :  1989G
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  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:			07 Mar 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?			NA
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:				12,743,822	2.20%	495,992	0.08%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				424,613	0.07%	12,577,890	2.17%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				13,168,435	2.27%	13,073,882	2.25%
(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	2,953,148	1.7503  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	354,210	1.7515  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	196,136	1.7513  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	142,104	1.7528  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	130,605	1.7527  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	120,032	1.7517  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	94,411	1.7509  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	77,880	1.7538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	58,658	1.7512  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	46,853	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	34,439	1.7545  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	23,070	1.7505  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	15,881	1.7516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	15,016	1.7530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	13,050	1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	6,576	1.7499  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,409	1.7551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	577	1.7525  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	124	1.7574  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	43	1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	26	1.7570  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	16	1.7558  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3	1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,730,940	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	780,439	1.7516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	159,648	1.7538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	100,778	1.7515  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	99,151	1.7527  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	55,927	1.7539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	51,364	1.7549  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	42,693	1.7517  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	40,428	1.7507  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	15,371	1.7532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	13,858	1.7521  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,989	1.7525  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,645	1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,896	1.7535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,525	1.7510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,430	1.7598  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	67	1.7557  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	43	1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	26	1.7570  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	26	1.7530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	12	1.7550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3	1.7601  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	CFD	Opening Short	2,974	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	486	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	528	1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,228	1.7542  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,989	1.7525  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	12,382	1.7534  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	41,053	1.7539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	91,382	1.7519  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	108,547	1.7523  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	768,408	1.7516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	264	1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	550	1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,409	1.7551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,594	1.7517  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,881	1.7516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,439	1.7545  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	43,851	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	77,880	1.7538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	506,536	1.7523  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	783,866	1.7522  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	1,896	1.7535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	2,149	1.7499  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	2,974	1.7500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	5,704	1.7530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	8,490	1.7528  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Opening Long	29,789	1.7501  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Opening Long	211,012	1.7540  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:				03 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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