Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2182A

Spirent Communications PLC

27 January 2011

 



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		yes
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):	22 December 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	23 December 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	6%

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
42,119,630		42,119,630
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
39,930,407	23,170,140	16,760,267	3.420%	2.474%

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
39,930,407	5.894%

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:	[e-mail] Standard Life Investments Ltd
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

C: Additional information

Contact at Issuer: Rachel Whiting, Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc Telephone: [phone]   Please note this Notification relating to a transaction on 22 December 2010 was received from Standard Life Investments on 27 January 2011.   A further notification relating to a transaction on 26 January 2011 will follow shortly.

 

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