28th Mar 2006 14:06
Spirent PLC28 March 2006 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of listed company SPIRENT PLC 2. Name of shareholder with a major interest BARCLAYS 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 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Registered Holder Account Designation HoldingBARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -126,801BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -76,469BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 554,239BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 2,003,740Barclays Trust Co & Others 8,077BNP PARIBAS 51,000BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 594,977CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 527,631CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 29,775,272CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 1,483,196CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 307,679CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 908,176CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 42,140Gerrard Nominees Limited 642367 13,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 650668 13,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 653035 13,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 660632 6,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 660758 35,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 660851 30,000Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 200,787INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 221,432INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,464INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 56,359INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 1,770,097INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 699,748INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 54,686JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 268,775JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 2,160,554JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 560,581JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 687,727JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 1,158,601JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 9,479,907JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 791,821JPMorgan Chase Bank 555,319JPMorgan Chase Bank 399,337Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 81,846MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 81,368NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 136,835NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 120,848NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 35,400R C Greig Nominees Limited 921,916R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 705,551R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 97,464R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 24,646R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 50,096R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 31,232STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 77,145The Northern Trust Company - U 54,943Total 57,670,342 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired - 6. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) - 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed NOT KNOWN 8. Percentage of issued class (any treasury shares held by the listed companyshould not be taken into account when calculating percentage) NOT KNOWN 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 3.3333 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction HOLDING AS AT 23 MARCH 2006 11. Date company informed 28 MARCH 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 57,670,342 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) 5.95% 14. Any additional information SHAREHOLDER PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A SHAREHOLDING OF 105,727,030 (10.91%) ON 14 MARCH 2006. 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 28 MARCH 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
SpirentBarclays