Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC
10 September 2024
 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3b
Replaces form Released at 09/09/2024 15:17 RNS Number : 4744D

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:

06 Sep 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:

33,535,843

5.80%

897,369

0.16%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

518,629

0.09%

32,779,762

5.66%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

34,054,472

5.89%

33,677,131

5.82%

(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

300,000

1.7348  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

117,865

1.7470  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

106,761

1.7310  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

72,007

1.7352  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

70,000

1.7340  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

43,915

1.7328  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

40,384

1.7387  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

32,941

1.7349  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

30,361

1.7330  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

10,708

1.7344  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

6,079

1.7385  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

5,218

1.7337  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

4,594

1.7490  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

3,493

1.7403  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

3,429

1.7367  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

2,887

1.7445  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

2,500

1.7300  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

1,856

1.7420  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

1,762

1.7591  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

1,704

1.7402  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

826

1.7401  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

467

1.7430  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

376

1.7360  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

367

1.7390  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

344

1.7460  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

186,847

1.7438  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

100,000

1.7312  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

74,309

1.7378  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

67,505

1.7308  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

42,958

1.7330  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

17,323

1.7309  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

13,264

1.7411  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

6,529

1.7338  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

5,218

1.7337  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

3,070

1.7344  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

1,961

1.7354  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

1,189

1.7403  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

1,031

1.7326  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

584

1.7380  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

16

1.7540  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

67,505

1.7308  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,323

1.7309  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,798

1.7311  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,031

1.7326  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,471

1.7330  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,592

1.7354  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,344

1.7389  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13,264

1.7411  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

16

1.7538  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

43,915

1.7328  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,408

1.7330  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

70,000

1.7340  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

300,000

1.7348  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32,941

1.7349  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

376

1.7360  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

826

1.7401  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,704

1.7402  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,637

1.7405  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,567

1.7409  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,535

1.7413  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,583

1.7415  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

182

1.7424  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

344

1.7461  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,762

1.7591  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,296

1.7423  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4

1.7325  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,251

1.7329  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,561

1.7331  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,075

1.7409  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:

10 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
UK 100

Latest directors dealings