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Barclays PLC

27 June 2025

FORM 8.3
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				SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(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:				26 Jun 2025
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				NO
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:			29,190,514	5.02%	2,001,808	0.34%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,742,693	0.30%	28,842,113	4.96%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			30,933,207	5.32%	30,843,921	5.31%
(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		63,470		1.9341 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		47,755		1.9369 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		42,616		1.9300 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		31,201		1.9313 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		26,427		1.9374 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,655		1.9350 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		21,126		1.9380 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,974		1.9331 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,174		1.9363 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,893		1.9381 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,535		1.9302 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,458		1.9304 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,377		1.9368 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,066		1.9340 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,012		1.9356 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,794		1.9318 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,205		1.9346 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,171		1.9371 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,051		1.9310 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,960		1.9400 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,846		1.9329 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,801		1.9335 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,791		1.9344 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,726		1.9405 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		934		1.9359 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		738		1.9420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		107		1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		48,276		1.9380 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		24,001		1.9372 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,589		1.9379 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,570		1.9363 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		4,263		1.9355 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		2,400		1.9445 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,986		1.9364 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,582		1.9300 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,300		1.9310 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		881		1.9400 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		867		1.9359 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		738		1.9420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		378		1.9367 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		107		1.9360 GBP

(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,944	1.9359 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54	1.9220 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,300	1.9308 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,277	1.9355 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		867	1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		842	1.9361 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,570	1.9363 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		378	1.9367 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,001	1.9372 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		90	1.9378 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,892	1.9379 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,668	1.9380 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,400	1.9445 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		62,800	1.9302 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		31,201	1.9313 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,890	1.9338 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,195	1.9340 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		63,470	1.9341 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,205	1.9346 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		519	1.9350 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		934	1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,088	1.9362 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,174	1.9363 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,941	1.9367 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,171	1.9371 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,659	1.9380 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,893	1.9381 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,978	1.9384 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,700	1.9386 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,200	1.9403 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		7,475	1.9360 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,640	1.9382 GBP

(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates


(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit


(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						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 exempt principal trader 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:				27 Jun 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC.

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