Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4597Y

Spirent Communications PLC

03 September 2009

 



TR-1:   notification 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 the 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 the notification obligation:	(i) Sherborne Strategic Fund A, LLC; (ii) Sherborne Investors LP; (iii) Sherborne Investors GP, LLC; (iv) Craig McKibben; (v) Gerard Eastman; and (vi) Edward Bramson.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Noted below.
Person named in 3. above  Shareholder No. of shares (i)  Hanover Nominees Limited   0 ordinary shares (ii) - (v)  Hanover Nominees Limited   23,122,725 ordinary shares (aggregate) (vi) (a) Hanover Nominees Limited  23,122,725 ordinary shares (aggregate)   (b) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner 20,000 ordinary shares   & Smith, Inc.
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	August 31, 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	September 2, 2009

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

(i)  Sherborne Strategic Fund A, LLC - 0%; (ii)  Sherborne Investors LP - 4% (aggregate); (iii)  Sherborne Investors GP, LLC - 4% (aggregate); (iv)  Craig McKibben - 4% (aggregate); (v)  Gerard Eastman - 4% (aggregate); and (vi)  Edward Bramson - 4% (aggregate).    Please note, for the purposes of this TR-1 notification, the only entities which have triggered a new notification obligation under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules are those entities noted in 3. above. Hayden Investors Partners, LLC has not reached, exceeded or fallen below a relevant threshold.

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
Ordinary shares ISIN: GB0004726096	52,613,013	52,613,013	22,969,013	N/A	22,969,013	N/A	3.41%
Ordinary shares ISIN: GB0004726096	129,712	129,712	173,712	173,712	N/A	0.03%	N/A

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/ date	Number of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument is exercised/ converted)	Percentage of voting rights
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
23,142,725	3.43%

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

Edward Bramson is the managing member and Craig McKibben and Gerard Eastman are members of Sherborne Investors GP, LLC. Sherborne Investors GP, LLC is the general partner of Sherborne Investors LP, which is the managing member of each of the following funds (both of which hold ordinary shares in the issuer through Hanover Nominees Limited):  (i)   Hayden Investors Partners, LLC (22,969,013 ordinary shares - approximately 3.41% - no new        individual notification required, see response to 7. above); and (ii)   Sherborne Strategic Fund A, LLC (0 ordinary shares - 0.00% - such figure being a subject of this         notification of major interest in shares; individual notification obligation no longer required). Sherborne Investors LP holds 153,712 further shares through Hanover Nominees Limited over which it has direct ownership.  Edward Bramson holds 20,000 further shares through Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

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:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Craig McKibben
15. Contact telephone number:	[phone]

C: Additional information

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

 

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