Spirent Communications plc Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement (March2024)
Statement under the United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the California
Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 (SB 657)
Spirent Communications plc (“Spirent”) is a leading telecommunications testing
company with subsidiaries and operations worldwide. Central to our identity is acommitment to corporate responsibility. We continually move toward increasedtransparency and accountability to the public with our corporate responsibility efforts,
performance and vision for the future. We invite you to visit online at
http://corporate.spirent.com/Corporate-Responsibility/Our_Policies to learn more.
It is within the above framework that we make this statement under the UK Modern
Slavery Act 2015 and the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB 657), which
require us to disclose our efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from ourdirect supply chain for the products we sell.
1. How we assess the risk of human trafficking and slavery in our productsupply chain. We source and purchase substantially all of the products sold byour business. Contract manufacturers must disclose all manufacturing facilities
intended to be used for production of Spirent’s products. Key suppliers mustcomplete a supplier evaluation survey. This assesses the suppliers approach ona broad range of matters such as working hours, freely chosen labor, child labor
avoidance, humane treatment of staff and freedom of association. We also
review our contract manufacturers own internal policies on matters related tohuman trafficking, child labor and slavery to assure ourselves of each suppliers
own commitment in this area.
2. How we audit compliance. We require that all factories intended for productionof our goods be assessed in accordance with our supplier evaluation survey prior
to the commencement of production. Spirent’s supply chain management teammake regular visits to key suppliers to assess their overall performance against
their contractual obligations. We do not use a third party to audit compliance.
3. Certifying materials in our products comply with the laws regarding slavery
and human trafficking. We will periodically require contract manufacturers tocertify that they have not used child labor or individuals subjected to humantrafficking or slavery in the production of our products. Contract manufacturers
are responsible for assuring that their vendors and suppliers are in compliancewith the applicable terms of their contract with Spirent.
4. Training & Our Ethics Policy. We require all our employees to comply with ourEthics Policy which includes a specific prohibition on using forced or child labor.
Guidance is given in our policy on how to escalate violations of the policy which
employees encounter. Our supply chain management team are aware of theneed to ensure that our products are manufactured in environments which
comply with our Ethics Policy. This awareness is reflected in the supplierevaluation assessment described above. This demonstrates to the key suppliers
our commitment in this area. Our visits to the manufacturing facilities assist thesupply chain team in assessing the environment in which our products areproduced. Members of our supply chain management team who are directly
involved in sourcing Spirent products from contract manufacturers undertake
training periodically to help them identify risks of child labor, human trafficking
and slavery.

Approved by the Board 4 March 2024

Eric UpdykeCEO4 March 2024