FORM 8.3 (EPT/NON-RI) - Amendment to 2a and
3b
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Replaces form Released at 23/09/2024 15:28 RNS Number :
2955F
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FORM 8.3
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PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE
BY
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A
PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1%
OR
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MORE
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Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code
(the "Code")
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1.
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KEY
INFORMATION
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(a)
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Full name of discloser:
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Barclays PLC.
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(b)
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Owner or controller of interest and short
positions disclosed, if different from
1(a):
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(c)
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Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
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SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
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(d)
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If
an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
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(e)
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Date position held/dealing undertaken:
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20
Sep 2024
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(f)
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In
addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making
disclosures in respect of any other party to the
offer?
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NO
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2.
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POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE
DISCLOSURE
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(a)
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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree
to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if
any)
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Class of relevant security:
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3
1/3p ordinary
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Interests
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Short
Positions
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Number
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(%)
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Number
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(%)
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(1)
Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:
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36,926,000
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6.38%
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475,140
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0.08%
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(2)
Cash-settled derivatives:
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230,539
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0.04%
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36,004,628
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6.22%
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(3)
Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
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0
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0.00%
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0
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0.00%
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TOTAL:
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37,156,539
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6.42%
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36,479,768
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6.30%
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(b)
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Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors
and
other executive options)
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Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
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Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
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3.
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DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE
DISCLOSURE
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(a)
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Purchase and sales
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Class of relevant
security
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Purchase/sale
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Number of
securities
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Price per
unit
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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506,756
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1.7115 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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327,344
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1.7100 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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317,154
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1.7160 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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213,087
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1.7108 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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200,000
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1.7408 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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200,000
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1.7508 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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157,594
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1.7446 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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124,115
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1.7559 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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71,355
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1.7427 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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71,260
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1.7455 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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60,671
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1.7550 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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50,000
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1.7305 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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47,434
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1.7521 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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31,900
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1.7464 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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30,217
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1.7313 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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22,044
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1.7520 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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16,165
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1.7308 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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12,259
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1.7283 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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11,918
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1.7473 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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8,235
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1.7513 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,252
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1.7459 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,143
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1.7444 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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7,096
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1.7099 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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5,779
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1.7405 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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5,676
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1.7353 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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4,194
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1.7501 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,699
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1.7140 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3,076
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1.7529 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,856
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1.7476 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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1,441
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1.7475 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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648
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1.7402 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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100
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1.7590 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Purchase
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3
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1.7533 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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450,000
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1.7291 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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149,838
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1.7101 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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89,391
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1.7100 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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58,858
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1.7412 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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47,683
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1.7370 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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32,117
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1.7262 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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15,800
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1.7104 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,699
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1.7140 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,600
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1.7205 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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3,076
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1.7530 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,690
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1.7459 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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2,100
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1.7388 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,596
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1.7348 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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1,164
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1.7255 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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Sale
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294
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1.7420 GBP
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(b)
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Cash-settled derivative transactions
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Class of
relevant
security
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Product
description
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Nature of
dealing
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Number of
reference
securities
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Price per
unit
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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4,501
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1.7312 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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50
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1.7100 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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15,800
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1.7104 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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8,900
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1.7173 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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32,117
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1.7262 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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47,683
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1.7370 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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2,100
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1.7388 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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41,676
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1.7404 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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18,608
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1.7413 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Decreasing Short
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659
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1.7440 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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273,344
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1.7100 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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213,087
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1.7108 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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217,329
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1.7117 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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533
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1.7224 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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21,212
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1.7297 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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30,217
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1.7313 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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7,480
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1.7337 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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5,676
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1.7353 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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1,629
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1.7354 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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200,000
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1.7408 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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71,355
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1.7427 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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157,594
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1.7446 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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71,260
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1.7455 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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7,252
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1.7459 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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31,900
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1.7464 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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15,471
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1.7470 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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4,194
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1.7501 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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200,000
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1.7508 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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3
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1.7544 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Increasing Short
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124,115
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1.7559 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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CFD
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Decreasing Short
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55,533
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1.7100 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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CFD
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Decreasing Short
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3,111
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1.7238 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Short
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55,533
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1.7100 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Short
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3,577
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1.7182 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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CFD
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Increasing Short
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2,864
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1.7575 GBP
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3 1/3p
ordinary
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SWAP
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Opening
Short
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50,000
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1.7305 GBP
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(c)
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Stock-settled derivative transactions
(including options)
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(i)
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Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
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Class
of
relevant
security
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Product
description
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Writing,
purchasing,
selling,
varying etc
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Number
of
securities
to which
option
relates
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Exercise
price
per unit
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Type
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Expiry
date
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Option
money
paid/
received
per unit
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(ii)
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Exercising
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Class of relevant
security
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Product
description
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Exercising/ exercised
against
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Number of
securities
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Exercise price per
unit
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(d)
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Other dealings (including subscribing for
new securities)
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Class of relevant
security
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Nature of
Dealings
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Details
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Price per unit (if
applicable)
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4.
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OTHER INFORMATION
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(a)
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Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
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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:
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NONE
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(b)
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Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options
or
derivatives
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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:
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NONE
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(c)
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Attachments
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Is
a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
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NO
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Date of disclosure:
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26-Sep-24
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Contact name:
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Large Holdings Regulatory
Operations
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Telephone number:
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020 3134
7213
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