8th Mar 2007 07:03
Spirent Communications PLC08 March 2007 Thursday 8 March 2007 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC BOARD CHANGE London, UK - 8 March 2007 - Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM), aleading communications technology company, announces that Anders Gustafsson hasleft the Company with immediate effect in order to pursue other opportunities. Edward Bramson, Chairman, will become Executive Chairman. In this role he willco-ordinate the Board's operating and strategic review announced on 1 March 2007and implement any actions resulting from it. Spirent expects to announce theresults of the review in advance of the Company's scheduled AGM on 9th May. Edward Bramson said: "On behalf of the Board I would like to thank Anders Gustafsson for hiscontribution to Spirent during his time as Chief Executive. We now look forwardto completing the review and to improving Spirent's operations so that it ispositioned as the most efficient and effective business in its internationalmarkets." - ends - EnquiriesEric Hutchinson, Chief Financial Spirent Communications plc +44 (0)1293 767676OfficerAndrew Dowler/Harriet Keen Financial Dynamics +44 (0)20 7831 3113 About Spirent Communications plc Spirent Communications plc is a leading communications technology companyfocused on delivering innovative systems and services to meet the needs ofcustomers worldwide. We are a global provider of performance analysis andservice assurance solutions that enable the development and deployment ofnext-generation networking technologies such as broadband services, Internettelephony, 3G wireless and web applications and security testing. The Systemsgroup develops power control systems for specialist electrical vehicles in themobility and industrial markets. Further information about SpirentCommunications plc can be found at www.spirent.com. Spirent Communications plc Ordinary shares are traded on the London StockExchange (ticker: SPT) and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SPM; CUSIPnumber: 84856M209) in the form of American Depositary Shares ("ADS"),represented by American Depositary Receipts, with one ADS representing fourOrdinary shares. Spirent and the Spirent logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SpirentCommunications plc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentionedherein are held by their respective companies. All rights reserved. This press release may contain forward-looking statements (as that term isdefined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about futureevents. You can sometimes, but not always, identify these statements by the useof a date in the future or such words as "will", "anticipate", "estimate","expect", "project", "intend", "plan", "should", "may", "assume" and othersimilar words. By their nature, forward-looking statements are inherentlypredictive and speculative and involve risk and uncertainty because they relateto events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. You shouldnot place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not aguarantee of future performance and are subject to factors that could cause ouractual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by thesestatements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-lookingstatements contained in this press release, whether as a result of newinformation, future events or otherwise. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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