Spirent Communications PLC Holding(s) in Company (6784Z)

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RNS Number : 6784Z

Spirent Communications PLC

16 March 2017

 
 TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares 
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                                                           Spirent Communications 
   1. Identity of the issuer or                             plc 
   the underlying issuer of existing 
   shares to which voting rights 
   are attached: 
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   2. Reason for notification (yes/no) 
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                                                            Yes 
   An acquisition or disposal of voting rights 
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                                                            No 
   An acquisition or disposal of financial 
   instruments which may result in the acquisition 
   of shares already issued to which voting 
   rights are attached 
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                                                            No 
   An acquisition or disposal of instruments 
   with similar economic effect to qualifying 
   financial instruments 
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                                                            No 
   An event changing the breakdown of voting 
   rights 
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                                                            No 
   Other (please specify):___________________________ 
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                                                        Ameriprise Financial, 
   3. Full name of person(s)                             Inc. and its group 
   subject to notification 
   obligation: 
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                                                        Vidacos Nominees Ltd 
   4. Full name of shareholder(s)                        HSBC Global Custody Nominee 
   (if different from 3):                                (UK) Limited 
                                                         State Street Nominees 
                                                         Limited 
                                                         Roy Nominees 
                                                         Nortrust Nominees LTD 
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                                                        13 March 2017 
   5. Date of transaction 
   and date on which the 
   threshold is crossed or 
   reached: 
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                                                        15 March 2017 
   6. Date on which issuer 
   notified: 
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                                                        Above the threshold of 
   7. Threshold(s) that is/are                           15% 
   crossed or reached: 
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 8: Notified Details 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares 
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 Class/type       Situation previous          Resulting situation after 
  of shares        to the triggering           the triggering transaction 
  If possible      transaction 
  use ISIN 
  code 
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                  Number        Number        Number        Number of                 Percentage 
                   of shares     of voting     of shares     voting rights             of voting 
                                 rights                                                rights 
---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------------------  ---------------------- 
 
                                                Direct        Direct      Indirect      Direct     Indirect 
---------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ----------- 
  GB0004726096    86,826,707   86,826,707   345,038   345,038   92,459,801   0.056%   15.115% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of       Expiration   Exercise/     No. of voting              Percentage 
  financial     date         conversion    rights that                of voting 
  instrument                 period        may be acquired            rights 
                                           if the instrument 
                                           is exercised/converted. 
------------  -----------  ------------  -------------------------  ----------- 
 
 
 
 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic 
  effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of       Exercise   Expiration   Exercise        No. of voting        Percentage 
  financial     Price      date         / conversion    rights instrument    of voting 
  instrument                            period          refers to            rights 
------------  ---------  -----------  --------------  -------------------  ---------------- 
                                                                            Nominal   Delta 
------------  ---------  -----------  --------------  -------------------  --------  ------ 
 
 
 
 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
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 92,804,839                15.171% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which 
  the voting rights and /or the financial instruments 
  are effectively held, if applicable: 
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 Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (15.171%) 
  Threadneedle Asset Management Limited is wholly owned by TC Financing Limited, which is itself 
  wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned 
  by TAM UK Holdings Limited, which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Holdings Limited, 
  which is itself wholly owned by Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL, which is itself 
  wholly owned by Ameriprise International Holdings GmbH, which is itself wholly owned by Ameriprise 
  Financial, Inc. 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of proxy holder:     N/A 
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 11. Number of voting rights   N/A 
  proxy holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy       N/A 
  holder will cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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 13. Additional information:    The Shares referred to 
                                 in section 9 of this form 
                                 are held in portfolios 
                                 and funds managed on a 
                                 discretionary basis by 
                                 the entities set out in 
                                 section 9. 
                                 Please note that the Shares 
                                 are held through certain 
                                 nominee companies. 
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 14 Contact name:               Mark Powney, Threadneedle 
                                 Asset Management Ltd. 
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 15. Contact telephone 
  name:                         [phone] 
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 C: Additional information 
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 Contact at Issuer: Michelle Balch, Deputy Company 
  Secretary, Spirent Communications plc 
  Telephone: [phone] 
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