Spirent Promotes Burns

LONDON -- Spirent Communications plc ("Spirent" or the "Company") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company, today announces that Mr William Burns has been appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect.

Mr Burns joined the Company in November 2004 and has most recently been Chief Executive Officer of the Communications Group. In this position he has been responsible for the overall leadership, strategy, investments, coordination of resources and leveraging of the Company's breadth and depth of technology across all of our Communications Group's business units.

Prior to this position, Mr Burns was Executive Vice President of the Communications Group, also served as President, Service Assurance Broadband and was responsible for global sales and corporate marketing across all divisions. In this role, he drove critical business changes to improve profitability and grow market share.

Commenting on Mr Burns' appointment, Edward Bramson, Chairman of Spirent said, "I have worked closely with Bill since I joined Spirent in December 2006. Bill has a clear vision of Spirent's strategic direction and contributes directly and effectively across all aspects of Spirent's Communications business. The Board is confident that Bill is the best person to lead the Company, to take advantage of its current position and to take Spirent into its next phase of development."

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