Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

13 August 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3a and 3b Replaces form released at 09/08/2024 14:33 at RNS Number : 9560Z
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:			08 Aug 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:				24,110,989	4.17%	1,243,852	0.21%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				521,517	0.09%	22,880,602	3.95%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				24,632,506	4.20%	24,124,454	4.11%
(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	1,950,000	1.7564  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	200,000	1.7518  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	167,831	1.7660  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	137,110	1.7643  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	83,353	1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	73,706	1.7587  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	60,382	1.7585  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	49,973	1.7602  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	46,849	1.7579  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	28,621	1.7679  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	17,899	1.7589  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	14,228	1.7570  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	9,504	1.7611  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	8,623	1.7625  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,078	1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,816	1.7631  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,267	1.7519  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,180	1.7550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,738	1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,342	1.7607  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,086	1.7520  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,906	1.7535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,683	1.7562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,293	1.7540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	942	1.7594  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	645	1.7630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	76	1.7612  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	183,120	1.7593  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	172,357	1.7634  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	137,110	1.7643  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	81,143	1.7652  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	63,262	1.7668  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	20,918	1.7609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17,699	1.7532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,753	1.7504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,215	1.7583  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,024	1.7568  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,993	1.7580  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,543	1.7544  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,518	1.7600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,409	1.7530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,130	1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	129	1.7537  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	Opening Short	8,623	1.7626  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	89,115	1.7565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	303	1.7562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,940	1.7670  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	5,416	1.7666  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,130	1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	76	1.7613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	8,929	1.7628  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,738	1.7679  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	10,359	1.7681  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	129	1.7537  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	784	1.7579  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,321	1.7562  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,133	1.7593  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,590	1.7539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	97,492	1.7673  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,719	1.7641  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	366	1.7612  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	60,000	1.7518  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	585,000	1.7564  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73,706	1.7587  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,972	1.7613  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	51,489	1.7680  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,918	1.7609  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,342	1.7607  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	59	1.7560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,206	1.7586  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,250	1.7593  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,002	1.7524  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,543	1.7544  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	60,682	1.7630  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	140,000	1.7518  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,365,000	1.7564  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	46,849	1.7579  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	28,727	1.7595  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,621	1.7680  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 Aug 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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