Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

04 November 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3a Replaces form Released at 29/10/2024 15:02 RNS Number : 0991K
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:			28 Oct 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:				41,433,614	7.16%	1,101,660	0.19%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				644,049	0.11%	40,410,705	6.98%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				42,077,663	7.27%	41,512,365	7.17%
(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	28,988	1.7105  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	15,000	1.7065  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,237	1.7110  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,167	1.7049  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,928	1.7055  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,513	1.7035  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,148	1.7042  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	667	1.7129  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	561	1.7021  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	312	1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	16	1.7022  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	13	1.7059  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	7	1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	7	1.7050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	77,758	1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17,104	1.7113  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	12,050	1.7083  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,237	1.7110  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,359	1.7028  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,650	1.7039  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,600	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,548	1.7053  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	718	1.7046  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	562	1.7050  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	248	1.7029  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	214	1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	38	1.7027  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	3,359	1.7028  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,600	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	718	1.7046  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,548	1.7053  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,656	1.7123  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,839	1.7124  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,136	1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	424	1.7000  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	312	1.7020  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,513	1.7035  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,208	1.7043  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,514	1.7051  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,576	1.7054  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	478	1.7064  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	6	1.7116  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	21,554	1.7123  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	1.7130  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	38	1.7026  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	9,778	1.7044  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,000	1.7065  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:				04 Nov 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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