Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2853Y

Spirent Communications PLC

22 January 2014

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES
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
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):	On market transfer between direct and indirect funds				Y
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		Aviva plc & its subsidiaries
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv		Registered Holder: BNY (Nominees)Limited                                   243,259*  BNY Norwich Union NomineesLimited           3,992,590* Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited           31,627,616* Chase Nominees Limited                                   363,438* Vidacos Nominees Limited                                235,940*           *denotes direct interest BNP Paribas - London                                      403,040 Chase Nominees Limited                                1,275,491 Vidacos Nominees Limited                             2,456,595
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v		21 January 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:		22 January 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		6% to 5% Change at Direct Interest Level

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
Ordinary Shares GB0004726096	40,696,410		40,696,410		40,597,969	36,462,843		4,135,126	5.90%		0.67%
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
40,597,969				6.57%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, with the following chain of controlled undertakings:- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited: ·      Aviva plc (Parent Company) ·      Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) ·      Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) ·      Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:	See Section 4
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:	Figures are based on the total number of voting rights of  617,894,630 as per the Company's Transaction in own Shares Announcement of 21 January 2014.
14. Contact name:	Neil Whittaker, Aviva plc
15. Contact telephone number:	01603 684420

C: Additional information

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

 

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