21st Jan 2005 12:28
Spirent PLC21 January 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company SPIRENT PLC 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest BARCLAYS PLC 3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 SHAREHOLDER NAMED 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 4239749 645,114BANK OF NEW YORK 214075 4,908,886BANK OF NEW YORK 221428 698,350BANK OF NEW YORK 367748 2,386,871BANK OF NEW YORK 392067 2,887,580BANK OF NEW YORK 392177 405,953BANK OF NEW YORK 768198 216,933BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 990,842BNP PARIBAS 57,625BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 221476 205,774BNY (OCS) NOMINEES LTD 387173 33,657BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 406,490CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 562,967CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16669 134,728CHASE NOMINEES LTD 18243 123,823CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19518 306,837CHASE NOMINEES LTD 19519 2,646,373CHASE NOMINEES LTD 20947 34,412,591CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 1,483,196CHASE NOMINEES LTD 25772 696,431CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27793 82,603CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27795 102,621CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27797 138,568CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27799 299,495CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27800 1,037,801CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27802 26,754CHASE NOMINEES LTD 27804 26,545CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 365,798CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 999,243CHASE NOMINEES LTD 31961 2,061,118CIBC MELLON GLOBAL SECURITIES 47,233CITIBANK 6010613363 86,613CITIBANK 6010640794 253,843CITIBANK 6010782807 433,211DEUTSCHE BANK LONDON 8003168 30,331HSBC 813168 713,817HSBC 814537 80,198HSBC 845315 23,453INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 29,665INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 3,103,713INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 508,306INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 1,017,482INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 661,501INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 14,730INVESTORS BANK AND TRUST CO 124,416JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 351,468JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 1,768,141JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 593,372JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 567,650JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 977,469JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 10,298,369JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16612 289,986JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16621 241,168JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16644 297,267JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16901 149,752JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 484,895JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 19514 82,721JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27795 228,835JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 27799 1,070,521JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 28166 3,027,976JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 340,332JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 190,590JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 409,555JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 633,980JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 205,189MELLON BANK ABGFZ872482 516,582MELLON BANK TGGF0003002 101,154MELLON TRUST - BOSTON & SF 163,524MELLON TRUST OF NEW ENGLAND 204,115MIDLAND BANK (HSBC BANK PLC) 772823 2,682,742NORTHERN TRUST BCP04 67,019NORTHERN TRUST CVS21 1,012,315NORTHERN TRUST SCO06 303,975NORTHERN TRUST TNF01 481,183NORTHERN TRUST USF06 193,023NORTHERN TRUST USF12 1,321,652NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 189,697NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 265,504NORTHERN TRUST BANK - BGI SEPA 53,646R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C BL1 132,653R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED A/C CM1 34,397R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED GP1 GP1 30,098R C GREIG NOMINEES LIMITED SA1 SA1 20,902STATE STREET 2RJ2 127,458STATE STREET JD12 447,165STATE STREET N3B6 42,101STATE STREET N3YZ 10,972ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 21,700ZEBAN NOMINEES LIMITED 1,000 TOTAL 97,113,892 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired NOT NOTIFIED 6. Percentage of issued class NOT NOTIFIED 7. Number of shares / amount of stock disposed - 8. Percentage of issued class - 9. Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 3.3333 PENCE EACH 10. Date of transaction HOLDING AS AT 19 JANUARY 2005 11. Date company informed 21 JANUARY 2005 12. Total holding following this notification 97,113,892 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 10.13% 14. Any additional information NOTIFICATION RECEIVED PURSUANT TO S198-202 COMPANIES ACT 1985 THAT THESHAREHOLDER NAMED IN 2 ABOVE HAS INCREASED THEIR NOTIFIABLE SHAREHOLDING INSPIRENT PLC TO 10.13%. SHAREHOLDER PREVIOUSLY REPORTED A SHAREHOLDING OF49,197,453 SHARES (5.15%) ON 25 NOVEMBER 2004. 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries MICHAEL ANSCOMBE - 01293 767672 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for makingthis notification MICHAEL ANSCOMBE - ASSISTANT COMPANY SECRETARY Date of notification 21 JANUARY 2005 The FSA does not give any express or implied warranty as to the accuracy of thisdocument or material and does not accept any liability for error or omission.The FSA is not liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damagesfor loss of business or loss of profits) arising in contract, tort or otherwisefrom the use of or inability to use this document, or any material contained init, or from any action or decision taken as a result of using this document orany such material. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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