Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8746B
Spirent Communications PLC
22 August 2008
 




TR-1:   notification of major interests in shares 

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Spirent Communications plc

2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 

X

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):___________________________________________


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

HSBC Global
Custody Nominees 
(UK) Limited

JPM Chase 
Nominees Limited

ROY Nominees 
Limited 

Vidacos Nominees 
Limited 

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):

20/08/08

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21/08/08

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

7%

8. Notified details:







A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares 

 if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the Triggering transaction 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares 

Number of Voting Rights 

Number of shares 

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct 

Indirect 

Direct

Indirect

   

GB0004726096

   

54,801,091

   

54,801,091


48,298,140


48,298,140




6.50




B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 

Type of financial instrument 

Expiration date 

Exercise/ Conversion Period/ Date  

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. 

% of voting rights



   


   

   

   


Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights


48,298,140


   

6.50%







9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable :

Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited is a segregated business unit within Credit Suisse Group (CSG) with an independent management structure and exercises its voting rights independently from other parts of CSG.


Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

   

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

   

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

   


13. Additional information:


14. Contact name:

Samuel Wright

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7883 9645


Additional information

Contact at Issuer: Michelle Balch, Assistant Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc

Telephone: 01293 767676



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