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Barclays PLC

15 July 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:				14 Jul 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:			29,020,526	4.99%	1,449,743	0.25%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			1,417,212	0.24%	28,729,793	4.94%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			30,437,738	5.24%	30,179,536	5.19%
(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		487,411		1.9547 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		474,413		1.9482 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		293,937		1.9497 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		134,480		1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		112,310		1.9537 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		103,022		1.9517 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		80,199		1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		68,049		1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		65,100		1.9509 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		23,642		1.9552 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,536		1.9533 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		19,910		1.9528 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,748		1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		6,737		1.9510 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		4,217		1.9530 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,159		1.9507 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,945		1.9554 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,767		1.9550 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,620		1.9615 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,350		1.9531 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,245		1.9496 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,015		1.9480 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		852		1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		314		1.9420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		233		1.9700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		216		1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		326,063		1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		115,203		1.9497 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		109,919		1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		68,025		1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		40,000		1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		29,823		1.9519 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		23,087		1.9515 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		12,904		1.9527 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,631		1.9530 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,737		1.9510 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,704		1.9517 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,787		1.9550 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,670		1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,599		1.9480 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		852		1.9560 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		314		1.9420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		233		1.9700 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		216		1.9600 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		38		1.9523 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		115,203	1.9497 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,670	1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		475	1.9516 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,200	1.9518 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,338	1.9519 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		11,631	1.9530 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,260	1.9540 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,000	1.9640 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		134,480	1.9499 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,853	1.9500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		46	1.9507 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		89,206	1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,617	1.9524 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		24,168	1.9528 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,150	1.9531 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		487,411	1.9547 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,642	1.9552 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,800	1.9601 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		31,909	1.9520 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		474,413	1.9482 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:				15 Jul 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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