Spirent Communications PLC
27 December 2007
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing Spirent Communications plc
shares to which voting rights are attached:
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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 Yes
Other (please specify):______________
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification Legal & General Group Plc (Group)
obligation:
Legal & General Investment Management
Limited (LGIM)
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): Legal & General Assurance (Pensions
Management) Limited (PMC)
Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is 21 December 2007
crossed or reached if different):
6. Date on which issuer notified: 24 December 2007
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: Above 5% (Group)
Above 5% (LGIM)
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares the Triggering
transaction
if possible Number of Number of Number of Number of voting rights % of voting rights
using the ISIN Shares Voting shares
CODE Rights Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
ORD Below 5% 36,924,304 36,924,304 2,764,646 4.656 0.348
GBX3.333333
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion Number of voting rights % of voting
instrument Period/ Date that may be acquired if rights
the instrument is
exercised/ converted.
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
39,688,950 5.00
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments
are effectively held, if applicable:
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (39,688,950 - 5.00%
= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct
and Indirect) (39,688,950 - 5.00% = Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (39,688,950
- 5.00% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (36,924,304 - 4.65 % = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
(Direct) (LGIMHD) (33,053,891 -4.16 % = PMC) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited (PMC) Legal & General Assurance Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)
(33,053,891 -4.16 % = PMC)
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A
13. Additional information: Notification using the total voting rights figure of
792,989,543
14. Contact name: Helen Lewis (LGIM)
15. Contact telephone number: 020 3124 3851
Additional information
Contact at Issuer: Michael Anscombe, Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc
Telephone: 01293 767672
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