Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

06 March 2025

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 1343Z published at 13:25 on 03/03/2025, 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:			28 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:				45,113,838	7.80%	1,645,987	0.28%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				279,859	0.05%	44,768,660	7.74%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				45,393,697	7.84%	46,414,647	8.02%
(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	139,660	1.8549  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	95,542	1.8550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	31,720	1.8553  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	14,228	1.8530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	13,583	1.8551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,101	1.8529  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,272	1.8510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,685	1.8552  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,332	1.8560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,045	1.8520  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,668	1.8545  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,542	1.8540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,447	1.8565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	779	1.8600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	689	1.8539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	300	1.8518  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	475,528	1.8549  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	123,931	1.8550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	96,704	1.8542  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	31,727	1.8530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	28,982	1.8535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	18,781	1.8517  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17,249	1.8525  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	9,677	1.8528  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	9,282	1.8534  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	8,984	1.8539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	8,102	1.8541  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,786	1.8526  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,464	1.8510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,211	1.8560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,922	1.8538  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,329	1.8519  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,260	1.8529  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,121	1.8565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,120	1.8523  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,612	1.8520  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,339	1.8532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,165	1.8540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	770	1.8555  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	607	1.8515  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	51	1.8567  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	49	1.8509  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,700	1.8510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,436	1.8515  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	100	1.8519  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,499	1.8530  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	39,561	1.8532  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,800	1.8535  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,788	1.8539  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	9,764	1.8540  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	67,538	1.8549  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,522	1.8550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	75	1.8600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,986	1.8510  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	300	1.8518  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	5,101	1.8529  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,883	1.8536  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,668	1.8545  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,444	1.8549  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	130,526	1.8550  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	255	1.8551  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,720	1.8553  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1	1.8560  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,447	1.8565  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	779	1.8600  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	7,524	1.8548  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	816	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:				06 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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