Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2317A

Spirent Communications PLC

05 October 2009

 



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 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 notification obligation:	Artemis Investment Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	Artemis Strategic Assets Fund Witan Investment Trust L&G(Barclays) Series2 MM Alpha Fund L&G(Barclays) MM Alpha Fund Barclays UK Alpha Skandia UK Strategic Best Ideas Fund Akzo Nobel Pension Scheme Prudential Staff Pension Scheme Pearson Institutional UK Growth Institutional Special Situations Artemis Capital Fund Artemis Special Situations Artemis UK Growth
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	25 September 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	28 September 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004726096	33,291,118	33,291,118	35,063,850	35,063,850		5.20%

B: 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

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
35,063,850	5.20%

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 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:	Alistair Fleming
15. Contact telephone name:	0131 718 0411

C: Additional information

Contact at Issuer: Rachel Whiting, Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc Telephone: [phone]

 

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