Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Amend

Barclays PLC

03 April 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 2a, 3a and  3b
Replaces form released on 12:19 21/03/2024
RNS Number :  8211H
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:				20-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:			15,610,579	2.69%	376,875	0.06%
-2	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			327,149	0.05%	15,480,427	2.67%
-3	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			15,937,728	2.74%	15,857,302	2.73%
(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		403,370		1.7660  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		133,187		1.7645  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		28,144		1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		19,460		1.7664  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,921		1.7648  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		18,198		1.7642  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,927		1.7653  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,514		1.7630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,649		1.7665  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		69		1.7635  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		56		1.7639  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		100,000		1.7608  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		214,007		1.7649  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		118,684		1.7648  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		34,127		1.7686  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		31,942		1.7654  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		27,711		1.7679  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		23,189		1.7669  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		20,692		1.7693  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,972		1.7684  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		13,257		1.7642  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		9,524		1.7653  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		7,414		1.7641  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,300		1.7643  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,622		1.7657  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,204		1.7660  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,590		1.7681  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,708		1.7644  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		156		1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		69		1.7636  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		Decreasing Short		797	1.7659  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,400	1.7648  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,841	1.7658  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,622	1.7657  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,223	1.7670  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,349	1.7675  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,300	1.7643  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,804	1.7671  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,080	1.7642  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,993	1.7648  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,892	1.7650  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		44,650	1.7660  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		74,545	1.7647  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		6,649	1.7656  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		100,000	1.7656  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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