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Update on Antitrust Clearance for Recommended Cash Acquisition of Spirent Communications by Keysight
SANTA ROSA, Calif. & LONDON, June 03, 2025--Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) ("Keysight") is pleased to confirm that Keysight and Spirent Communications PLC (London Stock Exchange Symbol: SPT) ("Spirent") have entered into a consent decree with the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") in connection with its review of Keysight’s proposed acquisition of Spirent (the "Acquisition"), pursuant to which Keysight and Spirent have agreed to divest Spirent’s high-speed ethernet, network se
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