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Spirent Communications PLC17 November 2006 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC RE: NOTICE OF REQUISITION OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING London, UK - 17 November 2006: The Board of Spirent Communications plc("Spirent") (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM), a leading communications technology company,has received today notices pursuant to section 368 of the Companies Act 1985from Banc of America Securities, LLC (on behalf of Sherborne Investors GP, LLC),Artemis Investment Management Limited and Credit Suisse Asset ManagementLimited. The notice asks the directors of Spirent to convene an Extraordinary GeneralMeeting of shareholders to consider the following resolutions: the removal fromoffice as a director of the Company of John Weston, Andrew Given and FrederickD'Alessio, and the appointment as a director of the Company of Edward Bramson,Ian Brindle, Gerard L Eastman Jr. and Alexander Walker. A further announcement will be made in due course. - ends - For further information please contact: Reg Hoare Smithfield +44 (0)20 7360 4900Angus Maitland Maitland +44 (0)20 7379 5151 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 ofSpirent Communications plc. All other trademarks or registered trademarksmentioned herein 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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