Spirent Communications Share Discussion Threads

[the knife] 02/11/2005 08:45

slice all the management, what a disaster. someone might buy this company, sort it out and make a fortune. just worried that part of the plan could be to get the price down first

[mkwng] 02/11/2005 08:38

big share holder like sell, the market marker do strange price move....,
I think maybe down to 35-40P.

[the knife] 02/11/2005 08:21

UT at 100 then UT at 44, now 44.5 bid. strange

[wireless] 01/11/2005 16:50

Neutral (Medium term) - Oct 31, 2005 Analysis Explanation
SPIRENT ORD 3 1/3P has broken the rising trend and reacted strongly down. For the time being, it is difficult to say anything about the future trend direction. Has broken a support level and given a negative signal for the long term trading range. The stock has support at p 41.30 and resistance at p 48.50. The stock is overall assessed as technically neutral for the medium long term.

[pdriccio] 01/11/2005 16:36

You've got to presume UBS see long term value in Spt.
Or do they know something we don't?

[andy mullet] 01/11/2005 13:14

Dan, (and anyone else interested)

My apologies the listing of major shareholders I posted was dated 28.4.05 and is thus totally out of date. Didnt read the small print!

[blakey4531] 01/11/2005 09:47

Spirent PLC Holding(s) in Company
RNS Number:4338T
TIDMSPT TIDMUBS

Spirent PLC
01 November 2005

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES



1. Name of listed company


SPIRENT PLC



2. Name of shareholder with a major interest


UBS AG



3. Please state whether notification indicates that regarding the holding of the
shareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or in the
case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18


SHAREHOLDER IN 2 ABOVE



4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them


UBS AG London Branch 29,030,031
UBS Global Asset Management Life Limited 1,765,002
UBS Capital Markets LP 3,504
UBS Wealth Management USA 103,400
TOTAL 30,901,937




5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired


NOT KNOWN



6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)


NOT KNOWN



7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed


-



8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed company
should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)


-



9. Class of security


ORDINARY SHARES OF 3.3333 PENCE EACH



10. Date of transaction


NOT KNOWN



11. Date company informed


31 OCTOBER 2005





12. Total holding following this notification


30,901,937



13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (any
treasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account when
calculating percentage)


3.20%



14. Any additional information






15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries


LUKE THOMAS - 01293 767658



16. Name and signature of duly authorised company official of the listed company
responsible for making this notification


LUKE THOMAS - DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY



Date of notification


01 NOVEMBER 2005

[blakey4531] 01/11/2005 09:47

UBS purchased shares

[desperate dan] 31/10/2005 21:09

Andy,

Quite obviously, no-one can explain ;-)

[thegrip1] 31/10/2005 18:05

more than 4% on the techmark ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,spt nothing

[andy mullet] 31/10/2005 12:25

LEXA BV 87,353,040 9.10%
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS 51,377,428 5.35%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG 31,284,763 3.26%
UBS WARBURG MARKET MAKER 26,997,338 2.81%
LEGAL & GENERAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 24,922,709 2.60%

Above info from "L2 extras" on this site today.


Can anyone explain why FID does not appear yet according to the last RNS (29th Sept) they had 78M approx 8.1%?

[desperate dan] 30/10/2005 21:55

Toggle,

Wrong company - think you may find that it is Sprint, who work with Nextel

You won't be the first to make the same mistake !

PS : Wish we had some positive newsflow from SPT, in the same manner - lol

[togglebrush] 30/10/2005 16:41

Sunday Times 30 Oct Business Section front page. Disney Mobile (phone) to start recruiting for launch next year. 'The move apes an inititative in America where Disney is working with Spirent a leading mobile company'.

Could be interesting!!!

[fouroaks] 28/10/2005 15:55

Well done with AHT - I lost patience when it stuck around 13p for so long and got out - DOH!!

[hatto] 28/10/2005 12:28

Hi FourOaks....Well I learnt my lesson & put it to good use on AHT in @ 4.5p March 2003 & still there now @ 137p.

So if it hadn't been for SPT's massive rise from where I sold it I would still be a "relative short termer" on most of my plays I guess.

I'm still making lots of mistakes though.....I suppose the "market mood" isn't helping & ADVFN's stock challenge says it all with not one of the 115 entrants in profit.

SPT does look as though it will severely test 40p either today or next week...

Trouble with a falling share price & an ailing company is that it attracts the shorters...so combine that with an "Institution Seller" (possibly/probably) & you have the recipe for a further fall.

Hope not though for all concerned.

[fouroaks] 28/10/2005 12:17

Hi Hatto - all the old names coming back into the frame!

Yes I too cut my teeth on SPT, but maybe a shade earlier than you - I originally bought in at 6p shortly after the profit warning (when John Weston bought his 1.6m shares and the following day said it was all a mistake and everything will be fine!!).

Yep, like you broke all the rules and had my entire portfolio in SPT, 500k at one point at an average cost of around 10p - if only I'd hung on to 80p :-)

[hatto] 28/10/2005 11:46

Good afternoon everyone.

SPT was my first ever success when I started in this game three years ago.

Got in @ 18p averaged down till the share price hit 10p & then rode it back up & sold @ about 28p from memory.

When SPT hit 10p I think I had all my money in this one play.

So SPT really was the start to my good fortune in the shares game....

Course I knew didly squat in those days & broke most of the rules for successful dealing.

Learnt a lot of valuable lessons though with my time in SPT...especially to be patient & SPT's rise upto the high 70p's/80p's was certainly no fun for me.

If only I hadn't sold etc....

I nearly got back in recently @ 51p & am so surprised to see SPT's further fall from there.....

The thing that collapsed SPT's share price three years back was Standard Life having a massive offload & it would appear that something similar is happening with this current fall.

The large trades yesterday must surely have been accumilated Sells & the large trades today the same.

Anyway best of luck to all holders.....

[blakey4531] 28/10/2005 11:31

Brown Trousers indeed - so frustrating that SPT never comment, newsflow is just Diabolical

[fouroaks] 28/10/2005 10:01

Hi Andaleg - just like old times! We've all sat through SPT volatility at 'brown trouser' time and it looks like we're here again. There've certainly been some chunky trades recently, I guess someone's dumping, but equally someone else is buying, so not all bad :-)

[andaleg] 28/10/2005 08:39

I think they have just sold them again !

[jsaleem] 28/10/2005 08:21

What is going on with the SPT SP, down and down and down ...... even with the huge buys of yesterday ?????

[georgeski] 27/10/2005 19:11

Can anyone explain the 6 million buys today just after 1 o'clock.

[pdriccio] 27/10/2005 18:59

Updates, advisories and surprises - UPDATE 11
Thu 5:46pm

Verizon (NYSE: VZ - news) earns get lift from strong growth in wireless biz (7:36 AM ET) NEW YORK (AFX) -- Verizon Communications Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $1.87 billion, or 67 cents a share, up from a year-ago profit of $1.8 billion, or 64 cents a share. Excluding special items, the New York-based telecommunications giant and Dow component earned $1.8 billion, or 66 cents a share, in the latest quarter. Revenue rose 4.6% in the latest three months to $19.04 billion from $18.2 billion in the same period a year earlier. The average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call was for a profit of 64 cents a share in the September period on revenue of $18.88 billion. The company said it saw continued strong results in its wireless business, where revenue jumped 14.2%, and sustained overall revenue and customer growth. Looking ahead, Verizon sees revenue growth of 5.5% to 5.8%, a tightened range from its prior outlook for growth of 5% to 6%. The stock closed Wednesday at $30.59, up 20 cents.

2005-10-27 13:48:32
Verizon (NYSE: VZ - news) 's quarterly profit gains on wireless, data WASHINGTON (AFX) -- Verizon Communications (VZ.BA - news) reported Thursday third-quarter
profit rose 4.1%, boosted by continued strong gains in wireless service and
record additions of high-speed Internet customers.

All good for spt.