Dr George Sarney, Non-Executive Chairman

1 May 2002

            DR GEORGE SARNEY, NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF SPIRENT PLC            

The Board of Spirent plc regrets to announce the sudden death of Dr George W
Sarney, Non-executive Chairman of Spirent plc, on 30 April 2002 at the age of
62.

Dr Sarney was appointed Non-executive Chairman of Spirent plc in September
1999, having joined the Board in 1996. Dr Sarney was formerly Chief Executive
of the Intelligent Automation Division of Invensys plc and was also a
Non-executive Director of Consolidated Edison Inc.

Speaking on behalf of the Board of Spirent plc, Nicholas Brookes, Chief
Executive, said:

'We are deeply saddened to learn of George's death. As Chairman since 1999 he
played a pivotal role in the transformation of Spirent into an international
network technology company. He will be greatly missed and all our thoughts are
with his family.'

A further announcement in relation to a successor to Dr Sarney will be made in
due course.

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