0001062993-24-012761.txt : 20240618 0001062993-24-012761.hdr.sgml : 20240618 20240618162704 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001062993-24-012761 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240615 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240618 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240618 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EWING R STEWART JR CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001202822 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38267 FILM NUMBER: 241052204 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CENTURETEL DRIVE CITY: MONROE STATE: LA ZIP: 71203 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ribbon Communications Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001708055 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN [7373] ORGANIZATION NAME: 06 Technology IRS NUMBER: 821669692 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD CITY: PLANO STATE: TX ZIP: 75023 BUSINESS PHONE: 877-412-8867 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6500 CHASE OAKS BOULEVARD CITY: PLANO STATE: TX ZIP: 75023 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Sonus Networks, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20171027 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Solstice Sapphire Investments, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20170531 4 1 form4.xml STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES X0508 4 2024-06-15 0001708055 Ribbon Communications Inc. RBBN 0001202822 EWING R STEWART JR C/O RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC. SUITE 100 PLANO TX 75023 1 0 0 0 0 Common Stock 2024-06-15 4 M 0 51964 A 149026 D Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) 2024-06-15 4 M 0 51964 0 D Common Stock 51964 0 D RSUs 2024-06-17 4 A 0 48365 0 A Common Stock 48365 48365 D Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock. The RSUs were awarded on June 15, 2023 and vested in full on June 15,2024. The RSUs will vest on June 17, 2025, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer through such date; provided, however, that if the Issuer's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2025 Annual Meeting") occurs prior to June 17, 2025, and, at such 2025 Annual Meeting, the Reporting Person either chooses not to stand for re-election to the Issuer's Board of Directors or, after standing for re-election, is not re-elected, then these RSUs will vest as of the date of the 2025 Annual Meeting. Patrick Macken, By POA from R. Stewart Ewing Jr. 2024-06-18 EX-24 2 exhibit24.txt EWING POA EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Bruce McClelland and Patrick Macken, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Ribbon Communications Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in- fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of June, 2021. /s/ Stewart R. Ewing, Jr. Stewart R. Ewing, Jr.