31st May 2006 09:12
Spirent Communications PLC31 May 2006 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC (the "Company") NOTIFICATION OF DEEMED INTERESTS BY DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS The Company was notified on 30 May 2006 that Spirent Sharesave Trust Limited,the trustee for the Spirent Sharesave Trust (the "Trust") had transferredOrdinary shares to satisfy the exercise of options under the Company's SavingsRelated Share Option Scheme as follows: No of Shares Option Price 35,236 41 pence 3,731 38 pence -------------------- 38,967 Following this transfer the total number of Ordinary shares held by the Trustis: 2,205,359 (representing 0.2284% of the issued share capital of the Company). The Company's executive directors are potential beneficiaries of the Trust(together with all other UK employee share option holders) and are, therefore,treated under the Companies Act 1985 as having a deemed interest in the totalnumber of shares held by the Trust. As a result, the directors' deemed interestin the Trust has been reduced by the above number of shares transferred. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company confirms that this notification does notrelate to an actual dealing in securities by the executive directors whoseinterests in the Company's securities remain unchanged notwithstanding the aboveevents. Michael AnscombeDeputy Company SecretarySpirent Communications plc This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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