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Audiocodes Ltd. — Capital/Financing Update 2004
Nov 16, 2004
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Capital/Financing Update
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PRESS RELEASE
Company Contacts IR Agency Contact Nachum Falek, Shirley Nakar, Erik Knettel, VP Finance & CFO Director, Investor Relations The Global Consulting AudioCodes AudioCodes Group Tel: +972-3-976-4000 Tel: +972-3-976-4072 Tel: +1-646-284-9415 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
AudioCodes Announces Purchase of Additional $25 Million of Senior Convertible Notes
Lod, Israel – November 16, 2004 – AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ: AUDC) today announced that the initial purchasers in the recently completed private offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 2% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024 have purchased an additional $25 million principal amount of the notes as a result of their exercise in full of an option to purchase additional notes granted to them in the private offering. The notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
AudioCodes intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
The notes and the ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and unless so registered may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and applicable state securities laws.
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About AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ: AUDC) enables the new voice infrastructure by providing innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet technology and Voice Network products to OEMs, network equipment providers and system integrators. AudioCodes provides its customers and partners with a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway and media processing technologies, based on VoIPerfect™ – AudioCodes’ underlying, best-of-breed, core media gateway architecture. The company is a market leader in voice compression technology and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for the emerging Voice over IP market. AudioCodes voice network products feature media gateway and media server platforms for packet-based applications in the wireline, wireless, broadband access, and enhanced voice services markets. AudioCodes enabling technology products include VoIP and CTI communication boards, VoIP media gateway processors and modules, and CPE devices. Its customers include the leading telecom and data network equipment providers globally. AudioCodes’ international headquarters and R&D facilities are located in Israel, with U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. Additional offices are in Boston (MA), Chicago (IL), Research Triangle Park (NC), Somerset (NJ), Beijing, London, Paris and Tokyo. For more information on AudioCodes, visit www.audiocodes.com or call +1 (408) 577-0488.
Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release.
AudioCodes, AC, Ardito, AudioCoded, NetCoder, TrunkPack, VoicePacketizer, MediaPack, Stretto, Mediant, VoIPerfect and IPmedia are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited. All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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