Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

29 November 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3a Replaces form Released at 14/11/2024 14:46 RNS Number : 3125M
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:			13 Nov 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:				42,670,133	7.37%	1,182,809	0.20%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				728,898	0.13%	39,674,830	6.86%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				43,399,031	7.50%	40,857,639	7.06%
(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	22,468	1.6896  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	17,011	1.6905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	11,976	1.6915  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,074	1.6927  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,057	1.6920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,004	1.6870  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	596	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	336	1.6908  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2	1.6883  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	96,298	1.6904  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	61,682	1.6884  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	58,856	1.6978  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	58,370	1.6878  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	35,375	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	8,445	1.6870  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	7,489	1.6871  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,020	1.6935  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,813	1.6862  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,057	1.7029  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,023	1.6909  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,662	1.6830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	891	1.7031  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	524	1.6932  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	79	1.6840  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	1,662	1.6830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	46,700	1.6867  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,058,941	1.6870  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	58,370	1.6878  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,623	1.6892  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	39,883	1.6894  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,023	1.6909  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,020	1.6935  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,151	1.7002  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,344	1.7029  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,364	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	729	1.6878  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	9,031	1.6879  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	159	1.6891  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,539	1.6900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	737	1.6903  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	14,441	1.6905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	11,976	1.6915  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,057	1.6920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,074	1.6927  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	72	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	12,553	1.6880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	8,981	1.7030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	48,930	1.6881  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,110	1.6892  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2	1.6900  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:				29 Nov 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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