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Spirent Communications PLC09 November 2007 SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC TRANSACTION IN OWN SHARES London, UK - 9 November 2007: Spirent Communications plc ("the Company") (LSE:SPT), a leading communications technology company announces that it has todaypurchased through UBS Limited 16,200,000 ordinary shares at a price of 69.00pence per share. Spirent Communications plc intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Spirent Communications plc holds60,382,103 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 829,996,805 ordinaryshares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This figure (829,996,805)represents the total voting rights in the Company and may be used byshareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determineif they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interestin, the Company under the Financial Services Authority's Disclosure andTransparency Rules. - ends - EnquiriesEric Hutchinson Spirent Communications plc +44 (0)1293 767676Chief Financial Officer 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). The Company operates a Level 1 American DepositaryReceipt ("ADR") programme with each ADR representing four Spirent Communicationsplc Ordinary shares. The ADRs trade in the US over-the-counter market under thesymbol SPMYY and the CUSIP number is 84856M209. 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 document may contain forward-looking statements which are made in goodfaith and are based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptionsabout future events. You can sometimes, but not always, identify thesestatements 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 statementsare inherently predictive and speculative and involve risk and uncertaintybecause they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in thefuture. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-lookingstatements, which are not a guarantee of future performance and are subject tofactors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from thoseexpressed or implied by these statements. The Company undertakes no obligationto update any forward-looking statements contained in those document, whether asa result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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