Form 8.3 - SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC Replace

Barclays PLC

09 June 2025

 

FORM 8.3 Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 6984L  published at 18:19 on 05/06/2025, changes made to section 2A
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:			04 Jun 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:				45,770,227	7.88%	1,910,170	0.33%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				1,806,517	0.31%	45,449,205	7.82%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				47,576,744	8.19%	47,359,375	8.15%
(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	53,849	1.9280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	16,045	1.9277  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	8,800	1.9301  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	7,323	1.9260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,790	1.9286  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,123	1.9292  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,390	1.9309  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,566	1.9294  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,884	1.9240  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,864	1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,542	1.9310  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,418	1.9238  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,180	1.9306  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	824	1.9279  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,143,115	1.9240  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	19,950	1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	19,023	1.9259  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	14,538	1.9293  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,224	1.9273  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,508	1.9260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,574	1.9267  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,002	1.9258  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,301	1.9308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,090	1.9281  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	732	1.9304  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	679	1.9320  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	5,611	1.9277  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,447	1.9225  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,140,274	1.9240  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,002	1.9258  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,023	1.9259  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	620	1.9260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	959	1.9290  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,070	1.9291  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	10,675	1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,301	1.9308  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	930	1.9378  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	30,058	1.9260  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,077	1.9277  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	824	1.9280  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,790	1.9285  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	713	1.9300  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,800	1.9301  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,669	1.9302  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,180	1.9306  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	4,062	1.9317  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	14,550	1.9308  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:				9-Jun-25
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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