Disposal

Spirent PLC 12 November 2001 795 - 12 November 2001 SPIRENT PLC SALE OF SENSING SOLUTIONS BUSINESS COMPLETED Spirent plc, the international network technology company, has completed the sale of its Sensing Solutions business to a company formed by GE Industrial Systems, a division of General Electric Company of the United States, following satisfaction of all conditions in the sale agreement. Spirent announced the divestment of its Sensing Solutions business on 10 September 2001. Nicholas Brookes, Chief Executive of Spirent, reiterated the comment made when the sale was announced: 'The divestment of our Sensing Solutions business is the next step in our strategy to focus on communications activities. We believe that the Sensing Solutions business faces a promising future under its new owners who can provide strong manufacturing and marketing resources to achieve its potential.' - ends - Enquiries: Nicholas Brookes, Chief Executive Spirent plc +44 (0)1293 767676 Eric Hutchinson, Finance Director Jon Coles/Rupert Young Brunswick (London) +44 (0)20 7404 5959 Background note: Spirent plc is an international network technology company providing state-of-the-art solutions with a focus on high growth, high margin activities. Our Communications group unites leading edge performance analysis technology with network operations expertise, enabling customers to accelerate the development, deployment and assurance of next generation network equipment and services worldwide. Further information about Spirent plc can be found at www.spirent.com Spirent plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT) and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209) with one American Depositary Receipt representing four ordinary shares. Spirent and the Spirent logo are trademarks of Spirent plc. All rights reserved. This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future events. You can identify these statements by their use of words such as 'will', 'anticipate', 'estimate', 'expect', 'project', 'intend', 'plan', 'should', 'may', 'assume' and other similar words. You should not place undue reliance on our 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. Such factors include: aggressive competition; our ability to develop and commercialise new products and services; risks relating to the acquisition or sale of businesses; our reliance on third party manufacturers and suppliers; our exposure to liabilities for product defects; our reliance on proprietary technology; our ability to grow in e-commerce; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; risks of doing business internationally; and risks of downturns in the industries in which we participate; and other risks described from time to time in Spirent plc's Securities and Exchange Commission periodic reports and filings. We undertake no obligation to update our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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