Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4716U
Spirent Communications PLC
15 October 2010
 



 

 

TR-1:          Notifications 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 notification (yes/no)

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

yes

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

no

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

no

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

no

Other (please specify):

 

no

 

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

    obligation:

 Standard Life Investments Ltd

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

 Vidacos Nominees

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold 

      is crossed or reached):

13 October 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

14 October 2010

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

7%

 

 

 

 

8:    Notified Details

A:   Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of share  If possible use ISIN code

GB0004726096

 

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

47,744,116

47,744,116

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

Percentage of
voting rights

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

46,701,924

24,037,523

22,664,401

3.558%

3.355%

 

B:   Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ conversion period/date

No. of voting rights that may be acquired
(if the instrument exercised/converted)

Percentage of voting rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial
instrument

Exercise
price

Expiration
date

Exercise/
Conversion
period

Number of voting
rights instrument
refers to

% of voting rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta

 

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 46,701,924

6.914%

 

 

 

 

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


 

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:

 

investments_mo@standardlife.com
Standard Life Investments Ltd

15. Contact telephone number:

 

(0131) 245 6565

 

 

 

C: Additional information

Contact at Issuer: Rachel Whiting, Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc

Telephone: 01293 767676

 


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