Form 8.3 - Spirent Communications plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

17 March 2025

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 4227A published at 14:32 on 12/03/2025, 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:			11 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:				46,708,854	8.03%	1,348,185	0.23%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				193,661	0.03%	46,525,654	8.04%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				46,902,515	8.07%	47,873,839	8.23%
(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	66,669	1.8943  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	56,949	1.8938  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	23,496	1.8950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	18,893	1.8928  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	14,961	1.8920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	14,676	1.8906  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	9,882	1.8922  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	9,193	1.8930  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	7,892	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	7,500	1.8980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	5,237	1.8936  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	4,549	1.8918  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	3,898	1.8905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2,180	1.8910  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,201	1.8925  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	1,032	1.8899  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	976	1.8945  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	546	1.8915  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	530	1.8890  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	502	1.8970  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	8	1.8990  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Purchase	2	1.8965  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	99,089	1.8950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	44,976	1.8912  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	40,462	1.8917  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	23,686	1.8925  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	20,742	1.8944  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	16,996	1.8926  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	14,057	1.8941  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	7,500	1.8980  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	7,283	1.8930  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	5,236	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	4,647	1.8919  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,898	1.8905  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,200	1.8932  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	3,174	1.8928  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,082	1.8887  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	2,026	1.8890  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,952	1.8945  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,835	1.8958  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,798	1.8916  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	1,635	1.8910  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	873	1.8920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	607	1.8908  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	546	1.8915  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	543	1.8935  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	502	1.8970  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	476	1.8949  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	Sale	8	1.8990  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	39,293	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,694	1.8908  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	44,976	1.8912  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,164	1.8915  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,032	1.8921  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,053	1.8925  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,996	1.8926  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	13,333	1.8934  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	66,973	1.8948  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	476	1.8949  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	7,854	1.8950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2	1.8900  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,076	1.8902  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,874	1.8906  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	8,692	1.8920  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	2,470	1.8922  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,144	1.8924  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	149	1.8925  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	10,045	1.8930  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	26,026	1.8934  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	42,207	1.8939  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,227	1.8950  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,227	1.8922  GBP
3 1/3p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	4,633	1.8937  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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