Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 6938H

Spirent Communications PLC

01 June 2011

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES i
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					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):					No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		AEGON Asset Management UK
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		31st May 2011
6. Date on which issuer notified:		01st June 2011
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		4%

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

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB0004726096

26,918,748

26,918,748

24,264,216

24,264,216

2,999,922

3.60%

0.44%

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

Contract for Difference

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Nominal

Delta

0.0%

1

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

27,264,138

4.04%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
AEGON Asset Management UK:- AEGON Asset Management UK Holdings Ltd AEGON Asset Management UK plc AEGON Investment Management UK ltd AEGON ICVC AEGON VCIC
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		AEGON Asset Management UK
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:	Wendy Dunsmore
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 549 3706

Note: Annex should only be submitted to the FSA not the issuer
Annex: Notification of major interests in share
A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)	AEGON Asset Management UK plc
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	AEGON House, 3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SA
Phone number & email	0870 60 90 101
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Alison Talbot, Company secretary, 0131 549 3205
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Wendy Dunsmore
Contact address	AEGON House, 3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh, EH12 9SA
Phone number & email	0131 549 3706 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information
Contact at issuer: Rachel Whiting, Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc, 01293 767676
For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.

 

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