Result of AGM

RNS Number : 8797R

Spirent Communications PLC

07 May 2009

 



SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC 

RESULTS OF 2009 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

London, UK - 7 May 2009: Spirent Communications plc ("the Company") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company, announces that at the 2009 Annual General Meeting ("2009 AGM") of the Company held today, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of 2009 AGM dated 10 March 2009 were duly passed by shareholders on a show of hands.

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.18, the following resolutions are those which were passed at the meeting concerning special business (as defined by the Company):

Resolution 11: Approval of the authority for the directors to allot securities;

Resolution 12: Approval of the authority for the Company to disapply pre-emption rights;

Resolution 13: Approval of the authority for the Company to market purchase up to 14.99 per cent of its own
                      shares;

Resolution 14: Approval of the renewal of the Spirent Stock Incentive Plan and authority to grant share incentives 
                      using new issue shares;

Resolution 16: Approval of the authority to adopt New Articles of Association with effect on or from 
                      1 October 2009.

Certified copies of the document setting out the above resolutions passed at the 2009 AGM have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be made available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at The Financial Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HS.

The results of the proxy voting in advance of the meeting and Notice of 2009 AGM (giving the full text of each of the above resolutions) can be viewed by visiting our website at www.spirent.com.

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Spirent Communications plc

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About Spirent Communications plc

Spirent Communications plc is a leading communications technology company focused on delivering innovative systems and services to meet the needs of customers worldwide. We are a global provider of performance analysis and service assurance solutions that enable the development and deployment of next-generation networking technologies such as broadband services, Internet telephony, 3G wireless and web applications and security testing. The Systems group develops power control systems for specialist electrical vehicles in the mobility and industrial markets. Further information about Spirent Communications plc can be found at www.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 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 www.pinksheets.com.

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.

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 those document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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