Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8700O

Spirent Communications PLC

02 June 2015

 

TR-1: Notifications 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 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			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 notification obligation:	Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See additional information under 13.
5. Date of transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	29 May 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:	01 June 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	Above the threshold of 13%

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	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0004726096        73,957,502 73,957,502 533,352 533,352 79,158,453 0.087%                         12.940%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period	No. of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.	Percentage of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise Price	Expiration date	Exercise / conversion period	No. of voting rights instrument refers to	Percentage of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
79,691,805	13.027%

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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which through intermediate holding companies controls the voting rights of Columbia Management Investment Advisers, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, Threadneedle Management Luxembourg S.A. and Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which itself controls the voting rights of Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of 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:	Registered Owner Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 41407 21,006,553 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740190 228,796 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 739874 1,147,265 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Limited                                   A/c 740311 121,343 State Street Nominees Limited                                              A/c 2GQ6 31,801,851 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA05 1,689,635 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA07 8,739,371 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 07197 533,352 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10479 14,716 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA12 321,808 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c ZLA14 99,847 Nortrust Nominees LTD                                                      A/c 34789 992,960 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 18667 3,221,462 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10492 6,969,221 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10488 1,734,241 Littledown Nominees Ltd                                                    A/c 10490 1,069,384
14 Contact name:	Mark Powney, Threadneedle Group
15. Contact telephone name:	[phone]

C: Additional information

Contact at Issuer: Michelle Balch, Assistant Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc Telephone: [phone]

 

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