Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

23 January 2025

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a Replaces form Released at 16/12/2024 15:34 RNS Number : 2803Q
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 Dec 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:				44,205,079	7.63%	1,480,805	0.26%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,150,839	0.20%	43,363,572	7.49%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				45,355,918	7.83%	44,844,377	7.75%
(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	200,000	1.7888  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	156,074	1.7894  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	39,128	1.7900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	8,147	1.7785  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,376	1.8002  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,632	1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,583	1.7775  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,300	1.7998  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,993	1.7822  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,821	1.7688  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,519	1.8030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	508	1.7910  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	507	1.7842  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	359	1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	99	1.7920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	176,707	1.7899  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	66,297	1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	26,320	1.7869  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17,079	1.7849  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	14,351	1.7880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	11,132	1.7895  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	10,355	1.7864  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	8,257	1.7932  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,949	1.7833  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,898	1.7900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,858	1.7807  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,106	1.7818  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,877	1.7911  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,645	1.7860  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,519	1.8030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,488	1.7856  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	776	1.7885  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	643	1.7884  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	558	1.7805  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	512	1.7868  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	431	1.7930  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	377	1.7850  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	350	1.7898  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	315	1.7785  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	99	1.7921  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	3,289	1.7820  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	64,159	1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	315	1.7785  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,305	1.7842  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,079	1.7849  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,355	1.7864  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	26,320	1.7869  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,562	1.7880  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	334	1.7893  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	57,400	1.7899  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,821	1.7688  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,773	1.7760  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,993	1.7822  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	256	1.7826  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,632	1.7830  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	507	1.7841  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	200,000	1.7888  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	39,128	1.7900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	439	1.7910  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,300	1.7998  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	1.8010  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,519	1.8030  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	143	1.8041  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	537	1.7858  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:				23 Jan 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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