Result of AGM

RNS Number : 3957L

Spirent Communications PLC

05 May 2010

 



SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC

RESULTS OF 2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

London, UK - 5 May 2010: Spirent Communications plc ("the Company") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company, announces that at the 2010 Annual General Meeting ("2010 AGM") of the Company held today, all resolutions as set out in the Notice of 2010 AGM dated 12 March 2010 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 6: Approval of the authority for the directors to allot securities;

Resolution 7: Approval of the authority for the Company to disapply pre-emption rights;

Resolution 8: Approval of the authority for the Company to market purchase up to 9.99 per cent of its own shares;

Resolution 9: Approval of the authority for the Company to call a general meeting on not less than 14 clear days' notice;

Resolution 10: Approval of the authority to adopt New Articles of Association with immediate effect.

Certified copies of the document setting out the above resolutions passed at the 2010 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 2010 AGM (giving the full text of each of the above resolutions) can be viewed by visiting our website at www.spirent.com.

The Company also confirm that, as reported previously in its Preliminary Results announcement on 4 March 2010, both Edward Bramson and Gerard Eastman retired from the Board with effect from the close of today's Annual General Meeting.

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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.  The Systems group develops power control systems for 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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