SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Villare Susan M.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O SONUS NETWORKS, INC.

4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE

(Street)

WESTFORD

01886

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sonus, Inc. [ SONS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Interim CFO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/27/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	10/27/2017		F		16,246⁽¹⁾	D	$8.36	96,515	D
Common Stock	10/27/2017		D		96,515	D	$0	0⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. PAYMENT OF TAX LIABILITY BY DELIVERING SECURITIES TO THE ISSUER INCIDENT TO THE VESTING OF A SECURITY.

2. Reflects disposition pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 23, 2017, by and among the Issuer (formerly Sonus Networks, Inc.), (i) Sonus Networks, Inc. (formerly Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc.) ("Sonus Networks") and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and (ii) GENBAND Holdings Company ("GENBAND") and its two related holding companies such that, following the consummation of a series of merger transactions (collectively, the "Mergers"), both the Issuer and GENBAND became wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sonus Networks. In the Mergers, each share of Issuer Common Stock was exchanged for one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Sonus Networks ("New Common Stock").

3. The closing price of a share of Issuer Common Stock on October 27, 2017 (the last trading day prior to the effectiveness of the Mergers) was $8.14, and the closing price of a share of New Common Stock on October 30, 2017 (the first trading day following the effectiveness of the Mergers) was $8.39.

Remarks:

	Susan M. Villare	10/31/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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