Transaction in Own Shares

Spirent Communications PLC
12 April 2007


Spirent Communications plc: Transaction in own shares

Spirent Communications plc announces that it has today purchased through ABN
AMRO Bank NV 500,000 ordinary shares at an  average price of 61.9 pence per
share. The highest price and the lowest price paid for these shares were 62
pence and  61.5 pence respectively.

Spirent Communications plc intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, Spirent Communications plc holds
74,760,000 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 882,154,169 ordinary
shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure (882,154,169)
represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used by
shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine
if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest
in, the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.




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