6th Mar 2007 09:58
Spirent Communications PLC06 March 2007 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC CANCELLATION OF SHARES HELD IN TREASURY London, UK - 06 March 2007: Spirent Communications plc ("the Company") (LSE:SPT; NYSE: SPM), a leading communications technology company would like tonotify the market in accordance with Listing Rule 12.6.4R, of the followinginformation: The Company has today cancelled 20,251,487 ordinary shares each with a nominalvalue of 3 1/3 pence currently held in Treasury. Following thecancellation of shares held in Treasury, the Company's issued share capitalconsists of 956,623,522 ordinary shares of 3 1/3 pence. The Company nowholds 70,000,000 ordinary shares in Treasury, and the Company is not permittedto exercise voting rights in respect of those ordinary shares. Therefore, thetotal number of voting rights in the Company is 886,623,522. The above figure (886,623,522) may be used by shareholders as the denominatorfor the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notifytheir interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under theFinancial Services Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules. - ends - EnquiriesMichael Anscombe Spirent Communications plc +44 (0)1293 767676Deputy Company Secretary 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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