24th Jul 2006 14:35
Spirent Communications PLC24 July 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest PRUDENTIAL PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that regarding the holding of theshareholder named in 2 above; in respect of a non-beneficial interest; or in thecase of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse orchildren under the age of 18 SHAREHOLDER IN 2 ABOVE AND CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them JP MORGAN NOMINEES 568,490MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM (UK) SALI 566,983PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PAC AC 28,473,727PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PPL AC 6,095,990PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) EQBF AC 270,027PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) MNBF AC 440,603PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM (UK) PENE AC 1,702,386TOTAL 38,118,206 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired NOT KNOWN 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould 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 companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) - 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 3.3333 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction NOT NOTIFIED 11. Date company informed 21 JULY 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 38,118,206 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification (anytreasury shares held by the listed company should not be taken into account whencalculating percentage) 4.06% 14. Any additional information ON 15 DECEMBER 2005 THE SHAREHOLDER REPORTED TO THE COMPANY THAT IT HADINCREASED ITS HOLDING IN THE COMPANY TO 32,880,110 SHARES (3.4%) 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries MICHAEL ANSCOMBE - 01293 767672 16. Name and signature of duly authorised company official of the listed companyresponsible for making this notification MICHAEL ANSCOMBE - DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 24 JULY 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
SpirentPrudential