TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
||||
|
|
|||
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Spirent Communications plc |
|||
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
||||
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 |
No |
|||
Other (please specify): |
|
|
||
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
AEGON UK Group of Companies |
|||
4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
|
|||
5. Date of the transaction and date on |
8th February 2010 |
|||
6. Date on which issuer notified: |
10th February 2010 |
|||
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
2-3% |
|||
8. Notified details: |
||||||||||||||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
||||||||||||||||
Class/type of
|
Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
||||||||||||||
Number |
Number |
Number |
Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
||||||||||||
Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
Direct |
Indirect |
||||||||||||
GB0004726096 |
19,851,904 |
19,851,904 |
19,611,312 |
19,611,312 |
940,592 |
2.89 |
0.14 |
|||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
||||||||||||||||
Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
||||||||||||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
||||||||||||||||
Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
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 |
|||||||||||||||
20,551,904 |
3.03% |
|||||||||||||||
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
||
AEGON UK Group of companies - parent undertaking of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd. AEGON ICVC |
||
|
||
Proxy Voting: |
||
10. Name of the proxy holder: |
AEGON UK Group of Companies |
|
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease |
|
|
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold |
|
|
|
||
|
AEGON UK Group of Companies consists of: AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVC |
|
14. Contact name: |
Miranda Beacham |
|
15. Contact telephone number: |
0131 549 3460 |
|
C: Additional information |
Contact at Issuer: Rachel Whiting, Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc Telephone: 01293 767676 |