REG - Barclays PLC Spirent Comms. PLC - Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC Replacement

FORM 8.3

Amendment - this form replaces RNS number 8787B Published at 15:02 on 02/10/2025 , changes made to section 2A,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:

01 Oct 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:

25,532,223

4.33%

7,543,138

1.27%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

7,417,527

1.25%

25,631,536

4.35%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 TOTAL:

32,949,750

5.58%

33,174,674

5.62%

(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

321,428

1.9839  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

170,539

1.9840  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

44,272

1.9841  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

12,631

1.9835  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

7,924

1.9830  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Purchase

5,527

1.9820  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

58,340

1.9838  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

53,627

1.9840  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

12,107

1.9820  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

Sale

2,369

1.9822  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

Increasing Short

11,089

1.9840  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,369

1.9822  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

309

1.9837  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,692

1.9840  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,924

1.9830  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

53,851

1.9837  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

264,000

1.9839  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,114

1.9840  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

69,300

1.9841  GBP

3 1/3p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,930

1.9838  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)

Exercise

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:

06-Oct-25

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213