Form 8.3 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

Merkur Bank KGaA

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Sandmartin International Holdings Ltd.

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RNS Number : 0603W

Barclays PLC

05 February 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:				04 Feb 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:			44,717,216	7.73%	788,191	0.14%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			464,606	0.08%	44,286,547	7.65%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			45,181,822	7.81%	45,074,738	7.79%
(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		809,263		1.8497 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		90,973		1.8492 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		68,006		1.8487 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		25,021		1.8500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		22,464		1.8434 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		20,421		1.8481 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		11,047		1.8495 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		9,080		1.8465 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,686		1.8479 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		8,282		1.8430 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,810		1.8444 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		5,031		1.8490 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,969		1.8451 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		3,263		1.8456 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		2,954		1.8457 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,554		1.8466 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		1,018		1.8420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		696		1.8534 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		557		1.8454 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		476		1.8440 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		167		1.8473 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Purchase		78		1.8506 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		507,867		1.8504 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		191,784		1.8500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		99,807		1.8496 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		48,112		1.8469 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		41,167		1.8448 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		16,545		1.8430 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		15,760		1.8491 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		11,974		1.8450 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		8,035		1.8488 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,984		1.8487 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,754		1.8438 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		6,076		1.8468 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,890		1.8472 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,626		1.8486 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		5,105		1.8479 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,919		1.8440 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		3,345		1.8501 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,635		1.8473 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,187		1.8480 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		1,018		1.8420 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		971		1.8439 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		590		1.8490 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		Sale		471		1.8433 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		1,013	1.8431 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,754	1.8438 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,635	1.8473 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		92,794	1.8486 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		85,530	1.8487 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,035	1.8488 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,760	1.8491 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,118	1.8500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2	1.8440 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		847	1.8444 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,740	1.8447 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,605	1.8448 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,204	1.8451 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		557	1.8454 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		373	1.8459 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	1.8460 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		167	1.8473 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,135	1.8474 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,636	1.8475 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		20,421	1.8481 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,006	1.8487 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,441	1.8490 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		90,973	1.8492 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,047	1.8495 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,642	1.8497 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		66,446	1.8500 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,537	1.8501 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,326	1.8503 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		78	1.8506 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,784	1.8429 GBP
3 1/3p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		9,117	1.8471 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:				05 Feb 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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