| 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 |
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| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC | |||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 11 Mar 2025 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO | |||||
| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree | ||||||
| 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% | |||
| | 46,902,515 | 8.07% | 47,873,839 | 8.23% | |||
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and | ||||||
| Class of relevant security in relation to | | ||||||
| Details, including nature of the rights | | ||||||
| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Purchase and sales | ||||||
| Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | 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 | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
| 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 | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
| Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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| (ii) | Exercising |
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| Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for | ||||||
| Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | ||||||
| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, | |||||||
| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or | ||||||
| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between | |||||||
| NONE | |||||||
| (c) | Attachments |
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| 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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