24th Mar 2006 16:03
Spirent PLC24 March 2006 SPIRENT PLC ("the Company") ANNUAL REPORT 2005 London, UK - Friday, 24 March 2006: Spirent plc (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM), a leadingcommunications technology company, announces that it has today posted the AnnualReport 2005 and Notice of 2006 Annual General Meeting to its shareholders.Copies of the following documents have been submitted to the UK ListingAuthority, and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK ListingAuthority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial ServicesAuthority, 25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS (Tel: +44 (0)207676 1000): • Annual Report 2005• Notice of 2006 Annual General Meeting• Form of Proxy for the 2006 AGM The Notice of 2006 Annual General Meeting contains a resolution seekingshareholder approval for the Company to change its name to SpirentCommunications plc. In accordance with Listing Rule 12.4.4 shareholders are informed that the Noticeof 2006 Annual General Meeting also contains a resolution seeking shareholderapproval for the Company to implement an on-market share repurchase programmethrough which the Company intends to return up to £50 million to shareholders.This authority, if approved by shareholders, is a general authorisation for theCompany to make purchases of its own Ordinary shares. You may also view the Annual Report 2005 and Notice of 2006 Annual GeneralMeeting by visiting our website at www.spirent.com/investors - ends - Enquiries Michael Anscombe Spirent plc +44 (0)1293 767676Deputy Company Secretary About Spirent Spirent is a leading communications technology company focused on deliveringinnovative systems and services to meet the needs of customers worldwide. Weare a global provider of performance analysis and service assurance solutionsthat enable the development and deployment of next-generation networkingtechnologies such as broadband services, Internet telephony, 3G wireless and webapplications and security testing. The Systems group develops power controlsystems for specialist electrical vehicles in the mobility and industrialmarkets. Further information about Spirent plc can be found at www.spirent.com Spirent Ordinary shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT)and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209) in theform of American Depositary Shares (ADS), represented by American DepositaryReceipts, with one ADS representing four Ordinary shares. Spirent and the Spirent logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Spirentplc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned herein are held bytheir respective companies. All rights reserved. This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are based oncurrent expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future events. Bytheir nature, forward-looking statements are inherently predictive, speculativeand involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend oncircumstances that will occur in the future. You should not place unduereliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee offuture performance and are subject to factors that could cause our actualresults to differ materially from those expressed or implied by thesestatements. These risks include the risks described from time to time inSpirent plc's Securities and Exchange Commission periodic reports and filings.The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statementscontained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, futureevents or otherwise. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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