SONUS NETWORKS,INC. (NASDAQ:SONS) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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SONUS NETWORKS,INC. (NASDAQ:SONS) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On and effective October31, 2017, the Board of Directors of Sonus Networks,Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Matthew Thaler as the Company’s General Counsel and Secretary. Mr.Thaler, 37, has been a member of the legal team at the Company’s predecessor entity (now known as Sonus,Inc.) since 2011, serving most recently as Deputy General Counsel. Prior to that, Mr.Thaler was an associate at the law firms of Goodwin Procter LLP and Proskauer Rose LLP. Mr.Thaler fills the vacancy created by Jeffrey M. Snider’s departure, effective October31, 2017, from his position as the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr.Snider will continue to be employed by the Company to assist with the transition of his duties through December31, 2017, and thereafter will provide consulting services to the Company on an as-needed basis to a consulting agreement dated October31, 2017 and attached hereto as an exhibit.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibit

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10.1

Consulting Agreement, dated as of October31, 2017, between Sonus Networks,Inc. and Jeffrey M. Snider.


Sonus Networks, Inc. Exhibit
EX-10.1 2 a17-24905_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1 Exhibit 10.1   October 31,…
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About SONUS NETWORKS,INC. (NASDAQ:SONS)

Sonus Networks, Inc. (Sonus) is a provider of networked solutions for communications service providers (telecommunications, wireless and cable service providers) and enterprises. The Company’s products include session border controllers (SBCs), diameter signaling controllers (DSCs), policy/routing servers, network intelligence applications (VellOS), which is designed to network-wide security and other cloud network exchange services, media and signaling gateways and network analytics tools. Sonus helps communications service providers and enterprises hold the next generation of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and fourth generation/long term evolution (4G/LTE)-based solutions, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), video and Unified Communications (UC) through Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The Company’s product, the GSX9000 VoIP softswitch, provides a carrier-class IP telephony switch that supports the transition from circuit-switched to IP-based network communications.