Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC Replace

Barclays PLC

14 February 2025

 

FORM 8.3 Amendment in 2A and 3A
Replaces form Released at 11/02/2025 15:26 RNS Number : 7319W
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:			10 Feb 2025
(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:				45,328,112	7.83%	1,445,918	0.24%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				441,795	0.08%	44,938,834	7.77%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				45,769,907	7.91%	46,384,752	8.01%
(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	229,381	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	16,483	1.8515  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	16,405	1.8588  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,780	1.8501  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,600	1.8578  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,808	1.8505  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,946	1.8503  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,447	1.8537  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,367	1.8535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,293	1.8490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,090	1.8544  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	859	1.8519  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	854	1.8504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	722	1.8590  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	713	1.8533  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	527	1.8470  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	411	1.8565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	315	1.8553  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	500,000	1.8510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	296,602	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	200,000	1.8550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,597	1.8516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,140	1.8554  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,253	1.8490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,450	1.8552  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,208	1.8462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	765	1.8532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	717	1.8474  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	714	1.8530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	450	1.8551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	139	1.8491  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	129	1.8502  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	20	1.8470  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17	1.8485  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	Increasing Short	8,036	1.8517  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,208	1.8462  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	111,590	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	129	1.8501  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,317	1.8504  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,550	1.8513  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,597	1.8516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,450	1.8552  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,140	1.8554  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	320	1.8571  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	933	1.8490  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	40,450	1.8500  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,874	1.8502  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,946	1.8503  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	193	1.8514  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,484	1.8515  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,678	1.8516  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	345	1.8521  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,018	1.8526  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,367	1.8535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	315	1.8553  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	647	1.8555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,600	1.8578  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,414	1.8588  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	11	1.8509  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	11,217	1.8511  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	169	1.8551  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:				14 Feb 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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