20th Feb 2006 15:16
Spirent PLC20 February 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 Holding BANK OF IRELAND 258227 943,383BANK OF IRELAND 4239749 1,483,297Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited CREST ID. 11X13 1,299,000BANK OF NEW YORK 210405 1,009,027BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 5,492,767BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 832,837BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 2,907,094BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 3,326,323BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 257,328BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -355,650BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 450,463BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED 1,842,869BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMITED -116,031Barclays Noms Monument R97 C 000000000000000000 1,053Barclays Trust Co & Others 8,077BNP PARIBAS 166,333BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 325,600BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 567,086CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 527,631CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16530 187,794CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 134,728CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 123,823CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 350,116CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 2,722,202CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 36,805,116CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 1,483,196CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 849,762CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 56,306CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 138,568CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 1,037,801CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 955,621CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 307,679CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 2,240,624CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 107,805CITIBANK 6010640794 241,026CITIBANK 6010782807 462,289DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 30,331Gerrard Nominees Limited 603856 1,208Gerrard Nominees Limited 642367 13,000Gerrard Nominees Limited 647291 8,500Gerrard 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) 11,750Greig Middleton Nominees Limited (GM1) 220,787HSBC 813168 869,384HSBC 845315 27,190INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 2,082,285INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 944,626INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 5,535,120INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 610,700INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 221,432INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 54,686INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 154,750INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO. 22,464JP 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 9,953,381JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 342,149JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 277,635JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 559,641JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 167,869JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 791,821JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 141,755JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 2,892,184JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 346,760JPMorgan Chase Bank 399,337JPMorgan Chase Bank 555,319MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 640,798MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 295,962Mellon Trust - US CUSTODIAN / 264,058MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 283,690MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 2,901,921NON-IMA DUMMY 708,218NON-IMA DUMMY 1,095,438NON-IMA DUMMY 6,980,817NON-IMA DUMMY 550,285NON-IMA DUMMY 116,798NON-IMA DUMMY 586,640NON-IMA DUMMY 2,358,360NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 1,242,437NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 303,975NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 532,061NORTHERN TRUST UKE01 1,049,771NORTHERN TRUST USF12 1,681,150NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 409,685NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 357,219NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 92,784R C Greig Nominees Limited 961,234R C Greig Nominees Limited 377,516R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 742,193R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 100,795R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 88,881R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 32,933R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 6,650R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 24,646R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 64,589R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 51,481R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 31,232R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 65,680R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 WIVE002 1,033STATE STREET 2RJ2 103,736STATE STREET JD12 482,919STATE STREET JFBL 301,092STATE STREET N3B6 41,154STATE STREET N3YZ 10,871STATE STREET TRUST OF CANADA - 126,407The Northern Trust Company - U 177,135ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,000ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,700 TOTAL 127,589,189 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 HOLDING AS AT 14 FEBRUARY 2006 11. Date company informed 17 FEBRUARY 2006 12. Total holding following this notification 127,589,189 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) 13.21% 14. Any additional information SHAREHOLDER PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A SHAREHOLDING OF 115,783,982 (12.07%) ON 21 FEBRUARY 2005 AND 122,266,395 (12.67%) ON 10 NOVEMBER 2005. 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 companyresponsible for making this notification LUKE THOMAS - DEPUTY COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 20 FEBRUARY 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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