Directorate Change

RNS Number : 4437V

Spirent Communications PLC

07 August 2015

 

SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RESIGNATION OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

London, UK - 7 August 2015: Spirent Communications plc ("Spirent", the "Company" or the "Group") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company, today announces that Ian Brindle will be stepping down from the Board with immediate effect.

Ian joined Spirent in December 2006 and since then has been Chairman of the Company's Audit Committee and, since 2010 has been Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. As previously announced, the role of Chairman of the Audit Committee will now be undertaken by Jonathan Silver and Sue Swenson will step into the role of Senior Independent Non-executive Director.

Commenting, Alex Walker, Chairman of Spirent, said

"Ian has been an extremely valuable member of the Board and I would like to give him my personal thanks for his support over the past years."

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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]

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.

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