{"id":515128,"date":"2021-07-20T09:18:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/viavi-announces-increased-binding-proposal-to-acquire-exfo-at-us8-00-per-share\/"},"modified":"2021-07-20T09:18:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:18:26","slug":"viavi-announces-increased-binding-proposal-to-acquire-exfo-at-us8-00-per-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/viavi-announces-increased-binding-proposal-to-acquire-exfo-at-us8-00-per-share\/","title":{"rendered":"VIAVI Announces Increased Binding Proposal to Acquire EXFO at US$8.00 Per Share"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <i>VIAVI&#8217;s Binding Proposal represents a 33 \u2153% or <span class=\"xn-money\">US$2.00<\/span> per share premium to the current Going Private Transaction<\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">July 20, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=620691671&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viavisolutions.com%2F&amp;a=Viavi+Solutions+Inc.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Viavi Solutions Inc.<\/a>\u00a0(VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV)\u00a0today announced an increased binding proposal (the &#8220;Proposal&#8221;) to acquire all of the outstanding subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares of EXFO Inc. (TSX: EXF) (NASDAQ: EXFO) (&#8220;EXFO&#8221;) from <span class=\"xn-money\">US$7.50<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-money\">US$8.00<\/span> in cash per share. VIAVI has submitted a binding proposal to the EXFO board of directors, including a definitive form of Arrangement Agreement based substantially on the form agreed in connection with the proposed going private transaction between EXFO and its chairman and majority shareholder, <span class=\"xn-person\">Germain Lamonde<\/span> (the &#8220;Going Private Transaction&#8221;).\u00a0 The increased binding proposal from VIAVI reflects EXFO&#8217;s recently announced fiscal third quarter 2021 financial results in which bookings increased 47.2% year-on-year to <span class=\"xn-money\">US$87 million<\/span> with a book-to-bill ratio at 1.20.\u00a0 EXFO&#8217;s business strength reflects both a macroeconomic recovery and secular industry growth demand driven by 5G wireless and fiber network deployment.\u00a0 EXFO&#8217;s strong results and future prospects further underpin the inadequate <span class=\"xn-money\">US$6.00<\/span> consideration of the Going Private Transaction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/386858\/Viavi_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/386858\/Viavi_Logo.jpg\" title=\"Viavi Logo\" alt=\"Viavi Logo\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n        <b>Increased Binding Proposal from VIAVI Provides Greater Value for EXFO Shareholders <br \/><\/b>VIAVI&#8217;s Proposal now values EXFO at approximately <span class=\"xn-money\">US$459 million<\/span> on an undiluted basis and represents a significant premium of:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>116% to the NASDAQ closing price on <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 4, 2021<\/span>, the trading day before the announcement of the Going Private Transaction; <\/li>\n<li>33 <i>\u2153<\/i>% to the <span class=\"xn-money\">US$6.00<\/span> consideration offer under the Going Private Transaction; and <\/li>\n<li>6.7% to VIAVI&#8217;s previous already-superior proposal to acquire EXFO. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, VIAVI&#8217;s Proposal is higher than the <span class=\"xn-money\">US$5.75<\/span> to <span class=\"xn-money\">US$7.50<\/span> formal valuation range of EXFO&#8217;s subordinate voting shares prepared by TD Securities Inc., acting as the EXFO Special Committee&#8217;s own valuator in connection with the Going Private Transaction.<\/p>\n<p>VIAVI&#8217;s enhanced Proposal allows all EXFO shareholders to recognize significant value for their shares, including Mr. Lamonde, who would receive the same superior premium as other shareholders, and given his sizeable interest, would benefit significantly from VIAVI&#8217;s Proposal. In light of the significant value being provided to shareholders under the Proposal, we would expect the EXFO Special Committee, consistent with their fiduciary duties to all shareholders, to immediately engage with us and Mr. Lamonde and make every effort to persuade Mr. Lamonde to support VIAVI&#8217;s superior transaction.<\/p>\n<p>VIAVI stands ready to engage with the EXFO Special Committee and Mr. Lamonde in order to finalize a definitive arrangement agreement to implement a transaction that is in the best interests of all EXFO shareholders.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Clear Strategic Merits for Combining VIAVI and EXFO<br \/><\/b>There are clear strategic merits for combining VIAVI and EXFO to build the leader in communications test and measurement for the next decade. The strength of the combined teams and technology, with significantly greater scale and financial resources, would enable strong investment in growth while achieving greater operating leverage than either company could do alone. VIAVI values the expertise, skills and experience of the EXFO key employee talent and believes their retention and continued commitment is critical to the success of the combination. VIAVI intends to continue EXFO&#8217;s brand and legacy, recognizing EXFO&#8217;s strong reputation built on years of quality product development, engineering excellence and customer service, and continue EXFO&#8217;s presence and operations in <span class=\"xn-location\">Quebec<\/span> to complement and expand upon VIAVI&#8217;s long-standing engineering and product development teams in <span class=\"xn-location\">Quebec<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Ottawa<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Minimal Customary Conditions<br \/><\/b>VIAVI&#8217;s board of directors has unanimously approved the Proposal and no VIAVI shareholder vote will be required for the transaction.\u00a0 In addition, the transaction will not be subject to any financing condition.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Advisors<br \/><\/b>Fried <span class=\"xn-person\">Frank Harris Shriver<\/span> &amp; Jacobson LLP and McCarthy T\u00e9trault LLP are acting as U.S. and Canadian legal counsel to VIAVI, respectively. Kingsdale Advisors is acting strategic shareholder and communications advisor to VIAVI.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About VIAVI<br \/><\/b>VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for communications service providers, enterprises, network equipment manufacturers, government and avionics. We help these customers harness the power of instruments, automation, intelligence and virtualization to\u00a0<i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=3056493418&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viavisolutions.com%2Fen-us%2Fcommand-network&amp;a=Command+the+network.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Command the network.<\/a><\/i>\u00a0VIAVI is also a leader in light management solutions for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, and defense applications. Learn more about VIAVI at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=2102201516&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.viavisolutions.com%2F&amp;a=www.viavisolutions.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.viavisolutions.com<\/a>. Follow us on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=2969077217&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.viavisolutions.com%2F&amp;a=VIAVI+Perspectives\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VIAVI Perspectives<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=125229901&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fviavi-solutions%3Ftrk%3Dnav_account_sub_nav_company_admin&amp;a=LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=2430934398&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.twitter.com%2Fviavisolutions&amp;a=Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=1448650413&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fchannel%2FUCCCGcTKD1teKf8VyaEKm-MA&amp;a=YouTube\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3233054-1&amp;h=985896489&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fviavisolutions&amp;a=Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Forward-Looking Statements<br \/><\/b>This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements and expectations regarding the Proposal, the strategic merits of a transaction between EXFO and VIAVI, VIAVI&#8217;s expectations regarding growth, scale, financial resources and operating leverage, and VIAVI&#8217;s plans regarding EXFO&#8217;s brand, legacy and operations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. For more information on these risks, please refer to the &#8220;Risk Factors&#8221; section included in the Company&#8217;s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on <span class=\"xn-chron\">August 24<\/span>, 2020\u00a0and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed on <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 10, 2020<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 9, 2021<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 7, 2021<\/span>. The\u00a0forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and the Company assumes no obligation to update such statements.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Additional Information<br \/><\/b>The information contained in this press release does not, and is not meant to, constitute a solicitation of a proxy within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws.\u00a0 It also does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of EXFO.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding the foregoing, VIAVI is voluntarily providing the disclosure required under Section 9.2(4) of National Instrument 51-102 \u2013 <i>Continuous Disclosure Obligations<\/i> applicable to public broadcast solicitations.<\/p>\n<p>Any solicitation made by VIAVI will be made by it (directly or on its behalf) and not by or on behalf of management of EXFO. All costs incurred for any such solicitation will be borne by VIAVI. VIAVI has entered into an agreement with Kingsdale Advisors pursuant to which Kingsdale Advisors has agreed to provide certain consulting and related services. VIAVI may solicit proxies in reliance upon the public broadcast exemption to the solicitation requirements under applicable Canadian corporate and securities laws, including through press releases, speeches or publications, and by any other manner permitted under applicable Canadian corporate and securities laws. If VIAVI commences any solicitation of proxies, proxies may be revoked by an instrument in writing by a shareholder giving the proxy or by its duly authorized officer or attorney, or in any other manner permitted by law. Neither VIAVI nor, to its knowledge, any of its associates or affiliates, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, (i) in any matter proposed to be acted upon in connection with the Going Private Transaction or (ii) in any transaction since the beginning of EXFO&#8217;s most recently completed financial year or in or in any proposed transaction which has materially affected or would materially affect EXFO or any of its subsidiaries. Based upon publicly available information, EXFO&#8217;s head office is located at 400 Godin Avenue, <span class=\"xn-location\">Quebec<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Quebec<\/span>, G1M 2K2, <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Inquiries:<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Investors<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Bill Ong<\/span><br \/>+1 (408) 404-4512<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:bill.ong@viavisolutions.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">bill.ong@viavisolutions.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media (regarding the Proposal)<br \/>Hyunjoo Kim<br \/>+1 (416) 899-6463<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:hkim@kingsdaleadvisors.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hkim@kingsdaleadvisors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media (all other inquiries)<br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Amit Malhotra<\/span><br \/>+1 (202) 341-8624<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:amit.malhotra@viavisolutions.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">amit.malhotra@viavisolutions.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=SF48342&amp;sd=2021-07-20\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/viavi-announces-increased-binding-proposal-to-acquire-exfo-at-us8-00-per-share-301337292.html\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/viavi-announces-increased-binding-proposal-to-acquire-exfo-at-us8-00-per-share-301337292.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  VIAVI Financials<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=SF48342&amp;Transmission_Id=202107200915PR_NEWS_USPR_____SF48342&amp;DateId=20210720\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire VIAVI&#8217;s Binding Proposal represents a 33 \u2153% or US$2.00 per share premium to the current Going Private Transaction SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 20, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Viavi Solutions Inc.\u00a0(VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV)\u00a0today announced an increased binding proposal (the &#8220;Proposal&#8221;) to acquire all of the outstanding subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares of EXFO Inc. (TSX: EXF) (NASDAQ: EXFO) (&#8220;EXFO&#8221;) from US$7.50 to US$8.00 in cash per share. VIAVI has submitted a binding proposal to the EXFO board of directors, including a definitive form of Arrangement Agreement based substantially on the form agreed in connection with the proposed going private transaction between EXFO and its chairman and majority shareholder, Germain Lamonde (the &#8220;Going Private Transaction&#8221;).\u00a0 The increased binding proposal from VIAVI &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/viavi-announces-increased-binding-proposal-to-acquire-exfo-at-us8-00-per-share\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;VIAVI Announces Increased Binding Proposal to Acquire EXFO at US$8.00 Per Share&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-515128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIAVI Announces Increased Binding Proposal to Acquire EXFO at US$8.00 Per Share - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/viavi-announces-increased-binding-proposal-to-acquire-exfo-at-us8-00-per-share\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIAVI Announces Increased Binding Proposal to Acquire EXFO at US$8.00 Per Share - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire VIAVI&#8217;s Binding Proposal represents a 33 \u2153% or US$2.00 per share premium to the current Going Private Transaction SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 20, 2021 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Viavi Solutions Inc.\u00a0(VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV)\u00a0today announced an increased binding proposal (the &#8220;Proposal&#8221;) to acquire all of the outstanding subordinate voting shares and multiple voting shares of EXFO Inc. 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