Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

17 March 2025

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 2340A published at 13:31 on 11/03/2025, changes made to section 2a and 3a
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 Mar 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:				46,780,887	8.04%	1,361,161	0.23%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				195,921	0.03%	46,608,440	8.05%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				46,976,808	8.08%	47,969,601	8.25%
(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	37,632	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	21,258	1.8905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	18,886	1.8884  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	18,322	1.8896  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	7,169	1.8909  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,485	1.8895  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,095	1.8891  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,100	1.8893  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,393	1.8892  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,344	1.8908  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,344	1.8910  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	775	1.8842  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	170,653	1.8898  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	55,747	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	29,800	1.8899  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	19,918	1.8882  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	17,543	1.8903  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	13,679	1.8897  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	9,352	1.8887  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,846	1.8884  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,728	1.8886  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,930	1.8911  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,499	1.8910  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,103	1.8905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,629	1.8913  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	845	1.8920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2	1.8802  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	6,146	1.8881  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,772	1.8883  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,846	1.8884  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,692	1.8885  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	6,660	1.8887  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,679	1.8897  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	170,653	1.8898  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	29,800	1.8899  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	27,629	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	17,390	1.8901  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,594	1.8905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	12,165	1.8881  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,231	1.8889  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	27,375	1.8898  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	31,925	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	17,390	1.8901  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,514	1.8905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,169	1.8909  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:				17 Mar 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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