Directorate Change

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Spirent Communications PLC

25 June 2015

 

SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

London, UK - 25 June 2015: Spirent Communications plc ("Spirent", the "Company" or the "Group") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company, today announces that Jonathan Silver has been appointed as a non-executive director and becomes a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees.  Following the announcement of half-year results in August, Jonathan will replace Ian Brindle as Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee and, as previously announced, Sue Swenson will then become Senior Independent Non-executive Director.

Jonathan has recently stepped down from his role as Chief Financial Officer at Laird plc where he has held a variety of senior positions over the last thirty years.  Since 2007 he has also been a non-executive director at Invesco Income Growth Trust plc, where he is also Chair of their Audit Committee.

Commenting on Jonathan's appointment, Alex Walker, Chairman of Spirent, said

"We are delighted to have Jonathan joining the Spirent Board.  His wide experience in a complex electronics business will be a great benefit to Spirent."

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Enquiries

Eric Hutchinson, Chief Executive Officer		Spirent Communications plc		[phone]
Rachel Whiting, Chief Financial Officer
James Melville Ross/Emma Appleton		FTI Consulting		[phone]

Appointment of Jonathan Silver: Director Declaration

     The following information is disclosed in accordance with the UKLA Listing Rules, paragraph 9.6.13R (1) to 9.6.13R (6) and the UKLA Disclosure Rules, paragraph 3.1.4R:

Directorships of Publicly Quoted Companies held in the last 5 years:

Laird plc1 Invesco Income Growth Trust plc

Interests in Spirent securities (Ordinary shares of 3 & 1/3 pence each)

None

Note

¹ Mr Silver's directorship ceased on 8 May 2015.

The Company confirms that there are no other matters requiring disclosure in relation to UKLA Listing Rule 9.6.13R.

About Spirent Communications plc

Spirent Communications plc is a global leader in test and measurement inspiring innovation within development labs, communication networks and IT organisations.  We enable today's communication ecosystem as well as tomorrow's emerging enterprises to deploy life enriching communications networks, devices, services and applications.  Further information about Spirent Communications plc can be found at http://corporate.spirent.com/.

Spirent Communications plc Ordinary Shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT).  The Company operates a Level 1 American Depositary Receipt ("ADR") programme with each ADR representing four Spirent Communications plc Ordinary Shares.  The ADRs trade in the US over-the-counter ("OTC") market under the symbol SPMYY and the CUSIP number is 84856M209.  Spirent ADRs are quoted on the Pink OTC Markets electronic quotation service which can be found at http://www.otcmarkets.com/otc-pink/home.

Spirent and the Spirent logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Spirent Communications plc.  All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are held by their respective companies.  All rights reserved.

Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements

This document may contain forward-looking statements which are made in good faith and are based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future events.  You can sometimes, but not always, identify these statements by the use of a date in the future or such words as "will", "anticipate", "estimate", "expect", "project", "intend", "plan", "should", "may", "assume" and other similar words.  By their nature, forward-looking statements are inherently predictive and speculative and involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future.  You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of future performance and are subject to factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements.  The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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