Spirent Communications PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Feb 13, 2013

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

You don't have Javascript enabled. For full functionality this page requires javascript to be enabled.

RNS Number : 8237X

Spirent Communications PLC

13 February 2013

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					X
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					X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii		BlackRock, Inc.
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		11th February 2013
6. Date on which issuer notified:		13th February 2013
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii		Holding has gone below 11%

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	62,077,835			62,077,835			N/A		N/A		56,866,309	N/A			8.74%
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
CFD									13,909,092				Nominal			Delta
2.14%			2.14%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights								Percentage of voting rights
70,775,401								10.88%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 70,775,401 (10.88%)
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
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:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Andrew Manchester
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 5773

C: Additional information
Contact at Issuer: Rachel Whiting, Company Secretary, Spirent Communications plc Telephone: 01293 767676

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

END

HOLKMGMZDFFGFZM