For the month of July, 2006.
AUDIOCODES LTD.
(Translation of
registrant’s name into English)
1 Hayarden Street,
Airport City, Lod 70151 • ISRAEL
(Address of principal
executive offices)
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On July 6, 2006, AudioCodes Ltd., or AudioCodes, AudioCodes, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AudioCodes, and Violet Acquisition Corp. a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of AudioCodes, Inc., entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Netrake Corporation, or Netrake, pursuant to which, upon the consummation of the merger, Violet Acquisition Corp. will be merged with and into Netrake and Netrake will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of AudioCodes.
The purchase price consists of $10 million payable in cash at closing, plus an additional $1 million if Netrake achieves certain financial measures as of the closing date.
The closing of the merger is subject to usual and customary conditions for transactions of this nature, including regulatory approvals. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and by the stockholders of Netrake.
Netrake is a leading provider to fixed and mobile service providers for real-time delivery of voice and multimedia solutions across IP networks. Utilizing Netrake’s session border controllers and security gateways, service providers can leverage market leading security capabilities, reliability, scalability, and feature richness to interconnect and secure networks and users. Netrake’s nCite™ session controller and security gateway product portfolio stand as the first line of defense for wireline, wireless, cable, and fixed/mobile operators delivering real-time control of voice and multimedia applications across all IP networks. Netrake’s nCite supports carrier-to-carrier peering as well as residential/ISP and business VoIP access services all while allowing service providers to extend their VoIP traffic across multiple types of network borders – taking advantage of convergence and the emerging IMS architecture.
A copy of AudioCodes’ press release announcing the proposed transaction is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
This report on Form 6-K (other than the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto) is hereby incorporated by reference into (i) AudioCodes’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, Registration No. 333-111703; (ii) AudioCodes’s Registration Statement on Form F-3, Registration No. 333-123859; (iii) AudioCodes’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-11894; (iv) AudioCodes’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-13268; (v) AudioCodes’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-13378; and (vi) AudioCodes’s Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-105473.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, AudioCodes has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| AUDIOCODES LTD. By: /s/ Nachum Falek —————————————— Nachum Falek Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: July 6, 2006
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 99.1 | AudioCodes Ltd. Press Release dated July 6, 2006. |