Ribbon Communications Inc. Withdraws Proposed Offering of Convertible Senior Notes
WESTFORD, Mass. – Ribbon Communications Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq:RBBN), a global leader in secure and intelligent cloud communications, announced this afternoon that it has decided not to proceed with its previously announced offering of $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2023. The Company believes that current market conditions are not conducive for an offering on terms that would be in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders.
This press release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any notes or common stock, nor shall there be any sale of notes or common stock in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state or any jurisdiction.
About Ribbon Communications
Ribbon Communications is a company with two decades of leadership in real-time communications. Built on world-class technology and intellectual property, the company delivers intelligent, secure, embedded real-time communications for today’s world. The company transforms fixed, mobile and enterprise networks from legacy environments to secure IP and cloud-based architectures, enabling highly productive communications for consumers and businesses. With a global footprint, Ribbon’s innovative, market-leading portfolio empowers service providers and enterprises with rapid service creation in a fully virtualized environment. The company’s Kandy real-time communications software platform delivers a comprehensive set of advanced embedded and unified (CPaaS and UCaaS) communications capabilities that enables this transformation.
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