Result of EGM - Votes Cast
Spirent Communications PLC
22 December 2006
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
VOTES CAST AT EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
London, UK - 22 December 2006: Spirent Communications plc ("Spirent" or "the
Company") (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM), announces that further to the announcement made
earlier today regarding the result of the Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM"),
the votes cast by way of a poll on the resolutions (all of which were duly
passed) were as follows:
Resolutions For Against Total votes
Number % of Number % of Number % of
shares shares shares
voted voted voted
1 THAT Mr 405,842,473 54.91 333,201,797 45.09 739,044,270 100.00
John
Weston be
removed as
a
director
2 THAT Mr 405,887,234 54.92 333,157,294 45.08 739,044,528 100.00
Andrew
Given be
removed as
a
director
3 THAT Mr 400,530,106 54.20 338,506,945 45.80 739,037,051 100.00
Frederick
D'Alessio
be removed
as a
director
4 THAT Mr 467,031,324 63.19 272,012,304 36.81 739,043,628 100.00
Edward
Bramson be
appointed
as a
director
5 THAT Mr 466,965,165 63.19 271,998,403 36.81 738,963,568 100.00
Ian
Brindle be
appointed
as a
director
6 THAT Mr 406,614,422 55.03 332,338,669 44.97 738,953,091 100.00
Gerard L
Eastman
Jr. be
appointed
as a
director
7 THAT Mr 401,384,859 54.31 337,627,974 45.69 739,012,833 100.00
Alexander
Walker be
appointed
as a
director
Note: Issued share capital at 22 December 2006 - 885,599,999 Ordinary shares of
3 & 1/3 pence each (excluding 90,251,487 Ordinary shares held in Treasury).
The Company has submitted to the UK Listing Authority, a document containing the
above resolutions passed at the EGM in compliance with the Listing Rules. The UK
Listing Authority has informed the Company that this document will not be
available for viewing at their Document Viewing Facility until Wednesday, 27
December at the following address:
UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel: (0) 20 7066 1000
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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 cus
tomers 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.
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represented by American Depositary Receipts, with one ADS representing four
Ordinary shares.
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