CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Keysight to launch offer for London-listed Spirent, Sky News reports
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(Corrects paragraph 2 to say on March 5 and not Tuesday)
March 27 (Reuters) - Keysight Technologies is preparing to launch a formal offer for British telecommunications testing firm Spirent Communications worth roughly 200 pence a piece, Sky News reported on Wednesday.
On March 5, U.S.-based Viavi Solutions had agreed to buy Spirent for about 1.01 billion pounds. As part of the deal with Viavi, Spirent shareholders would get 175 pence per share. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna and Aishwarya Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore)
