Spirent Communications PLC Holding(s) in Company (6784Z)
16 March 2017 - 9:29PM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSPT
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
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Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
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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.
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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
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Nominal Delta
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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: +441793 363135
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C: Additional information
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Contact at Issuer: Michelle Balch, Deputy Company
Secretary, Spirent Communications plc
Telephone: 01293 767676
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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