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Spirent Communications PLC
29 April 2020
SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS PLC
RESULTS OF 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
London, UK - 29 April 2020 : Spirent Communications plc ("the
Company") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company,
announces that at the 2020 Annual General Meeting ("2020 AGM") of
the Company held earlier today, all resolutions as set out in the
Notice of 2020 AGM dated 24 March 2020 were duly passed by
shareholders on a show of hands.
The results of the proxy votes lodged in advance of the AGM are
set out below and are available on the Company's website
https://corporate.spirent.com/
A copy of the resolutions passed as special business
(resolutions 14 to 16 inclusive) has been submitted to the FCA
National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for
inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
Resolution For(1) Against Votes Withheld(2)
% %
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To receive the Company's
financial statements for
the year to 31 December
2019, together with the
reports of the directors
1 and auditor 518,480,984 99.99 70,980 0.01 2,901,674
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To approve the Report
on directors' remuneration
as set out on pages 77
to 101 of the Annual Report
for the year to 31 December
2 2019 431,525,323 83.03 88,204,140 16.97 1,724,175
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To declare a final dividend
of 3.45 cents per Ordinary
Share for the year to
3 31 December 2019 521,450,508 100.00 6 0.00 3,125
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To elect Eric Updyke as
4 a director 519,670,142 99.66 1,775,692 0.34 7,805
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To re-elect Paula Bell
5 as a director 517,398,527 99.22 4,051,156 0.78 3,956
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To re-elect Gary Bullard
6 as a director 498,905,156 95.68 22,542,777 4.32 5,705
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To re-elect Bill Thomas
7 as a director 513,451,616 98.49 7,857,514 1.51 144,508
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To re-elect Wendy Koh
8 as a director 518,037,583 99.35 3,410,000 0.65 6,056
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To re-elect Edgar Masri
9 as a director 518,102,632 99.36 3,339,763 0.64 11,244
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To re-elect Jonathan Silver
10 as a director 512,927,154 98.77 6,389,781 1.23 2,136,704
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To re-appoint Ernst &
11 Young LLP as auditor 499,417,981 95.78 21,997,724 4.22 37,933
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To authorise the directors
to determine the remuneration
12 of the auditor 520,087,381 99.76 1,270,648 0.24 95,610
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To authorise the directors
13 to allot securities 519,553,239 99.66 1,797,610 0.34 102,790
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To authorise the directors
to dis-apply pre-emption
14 rights 521,304,590 99.99 42,659 0.01 106,390
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To authorise the Company
to make market purchases
15 of its own shares 517,631,110 99.58 2,173,885 0.42 1,648,643
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To authorise a 14 day
notice period for general
16 meetings 512,313,201 98.25 9,134,543 1.75 5,895
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Number of votes per Ordinary share: one
Number of Ordinary shares in issue (total voting
rights) and entitled to vote at 2020 AGM(3)
: 611,741,888
Number of Ordinary shares in issue (total voting
rights) and entitled to vote at 2020 AGM(3)
represented by proxy votes: 521,453,639 85.24%
Number of shareholders entitled to vote at
2020 AGM(3) : 2,802
Number of shareholders entitled to vote at
2020 AGM(3) represented by proxy votes: 368 13.13%
Notes:
1. Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman
of the Meeting have been included in the "For" total.
2. A "Vote Withheld" is not a vote in law and is not counted in
the proportion of votes "For" and "Against" a resolution.
3. Entitlement to attend and vote at the 2020 AGM, and the
number of votes which may be cast at the 2020 AGM, have been
determined by reference to the Company's register of members at
6.30pm on 27 April 2020. Voting instructions can be changed at any
time prior to a poll being demanded, and a shareholder having
lodged a proxy is still entitled to attend the meeting and vote
their shares themselves as they see fit.
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Enquiries
Angus Iveson Spirent Communications
Company Secretary plc +44 (0)1293 767676
About Spirent Communications plc
Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) offers test, measurement,
analytics and assurance solutions for next-generation devices and
networks. Spirent provides products, services and information
solutions for high-speed Ethernet, positioning mobile network
infrastructure markets, with expanding focus on service assurance,
cybersecurity and 5G. Spirent is accelerating the transition of
connected devices, network equipment and applications from
development labs to the operational network, as it continues to
innovate toward fully-automated testing and autonomous service
assurance solutions. Further information about Spirent
Communications plc can be found at
https://corporate.spirent.com/.
Spirent Communications plc Ordinary Shares are traded on the
London Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT; LEI: 213800HKCUNWP1916L38). The
Company operates a Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (ADR)
programme with each ADR representing four Spirent Communications
plc Ordinary Shares. The ADRs trade in the US over-the-counter
(OTC) market under the symbol SPMYY and the CUSIP number is
84856M209. Spirent ADRs are quoted on the Pink OTC Markets
electronic quotation service which can be found at
http://www.otcmarkets.com/marketplaces/otc-pink .
Spirent and the Spirent logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Spirent Communications plc. All other trademarks or
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