Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4110D

Spirent Communications PLC

28 January 2015

 



 TR-1: NO

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii				SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights					ü
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		FMR LLC
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		See Section 9
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		27 January 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:		28 January 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

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 x

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0004726096

31,333,272

31,333,272

29,483,020

29,483,020

4.81

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

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

% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/ Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

29,483,020

4.81

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Custodian Day to Day IM Total BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FMR (JP) LTD-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (JAPAN) LIMITED 1,513,100 BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN AND CO FMR H.K.-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (HONG KONG) LIMITED 7,241,732 FMRC-FMR CO., INC 1,396,300 PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC 270,200 PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY 2,262,600 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK FMR H.K.-FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (HONG KONG) LIMITED 12,032,488 PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC 551,300 MELLON BANK NA (C) PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC 458,600 NORTHERN TRUST CO (C) PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY 215,100 STATE STREET BANK AND TR CO FMRC-FMR CO., INC 84,600 PGALLC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC 1,268,000 PGATC-PYRAMIS GLOBAL ADVISORS TRUST COMPANY 2,189,000 Grand Total 29,483,020
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		FMR LLC
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will dispose of:		1,850,252
12. Date on which proxy holder will dispose of voting rights:		27 January 2015
13. Additional information:	None
14. Contact name:	Matt Drury
15. Contact telephone number:	[e-mail], 01737 836729
C: Additional information
Contact at Issuer: Michelle Balch, Assistant Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc Telephone: [phone]

 

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