UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of July, 2003
SPIRENT plc
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
Spirent House, Crawley Business Quarter, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex
RH10 9QL, UK.
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________
822 - 10 July 2003
SPIRENT PLC
NOTIFICATION OF INTERIM RESULTS
Spirent plc (LSE: SPT; NYSE: SPM), a leading international network technology
company, announces that it intends to release its interim results for the six
months to 30 June 2003 on Wednesday 6 August 2003 before the opening of the UK
market.
Nicholas Brookes (Chief Executive) and Eric Hutchinson (Finance Director) will
host a results presentation at 09.00 London time on Wednesday 6 August 2003, a
webcast of which will be available on the Spirent plc website from 15.00 London
time at www.spirent.com/investors.
An analysts conference call will also be held at 16.00 London time/11.00 EDT on
that day.
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Enquiries
Nicholas Brookes, Chief Executive Spirent plc +44 (0)1293 767676
Eric Hutchinson, Finance Director
Investor Relations
Catherine Nash Spirent plc +44 (0)1293 767676
Media
Jon Coles/Rupert Young Brunswick +44 (0)20 7404 5959
About Spirent
Spirent plc is an international network technology company providing
state-of-the-art systems and solutions for a broad range of customers worldwide.
Our Communications group is a worldwide provider of integrated performance
analysis and service assurance systems for next-generation network technologies.
Spirent's solutions enable customers to develop and deploy network equipment and
services more economically and efficiently by emulating real-world conditions
and assuring end-to-end performance of large-scale networks. Our Network
Products group provides innovative solutions for fastening, identifying,
insulating, organising, routing and connectivity that add value to electrical
and communication networks in a wide range of applications. Our Systems group
offers integrated product solutions for the power controls and aerospace
markets. Further information about Spirent plc can be found at www.spirent.com
Spirent plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ticker: SPT) and on the New
York Stock Exchange (ticker: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209) with one American
Depositary Receipt representing four Ordinary shares.
Spirent and the Spirent logo are trademarks of Spirent plc. All rights reserved.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements (as that term is
defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 1995)
based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as assumptions about future
events. You can sometimes, but not always, identify these statements 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 statements are inherently
predictive and speculative and involve risk and uncertainty because they relate
to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. You should
not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are not a
guarantee of future performance and are subject to factors that could cause our
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: our ability to improve
efficiency and adapt to the current economic downturn and other changes in
demand; our ability to avoid a breach of our financial covenants and to achieve
certain financial requirements under our renegotiated borrowing terms; our
ability to meet and achieve the benefits of our cost reduction goals and
otherwise successfully adopt cost structures to respond to changes in business
conditions; risks that our cost cutting initiatives will impair our ability to
develop products, operate our business effectively and remain competitive; the
extent of our pension fund deficit; the effects of competition on our business;
our ability to develop and commercialise new products and services and realise
product synergies; risks relating to the acquisition or sale of businesses and
our subsequent ability to integrate businesses; changes in the business,
financial condition or prospects of one or more of our major customers and our
reliance on a limited number of customers; our reliance on third party
manufacturers and suppliers; risks of not retaining or increasing market share;
our exposure to liabilities for product defects; our reliance on proprietary
technology; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; risks of
doing business internationally; changes in market conditions in the markets in
which we participate or in general economic or political conditions;
fluctuations in exchange rates and heavy exposure to a weakening US dollar; and
other risks described from time to time in Spirent plc's Securities and Exchange
Commission periodic reports and filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
______LUKE THOMAS______
(Registrant)
Date 10 July 2003 By ____/s/ Luke Thomas____
(Signature)*