WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS) announced today that a purported shareholder class action was filed against it and two of its officers in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (the “Complaint”). The plaintiff claims to represent purchasers of Sonus’ common stock during the period from October 23, 2014 to March 24, 2015 and seeks unspecified damages. The principal allegation contained in the Complaint is the claim that the defendants purportedly made misleading forward-looking statements concerning Sonus’ fiscal first quarter 2015 financial performance. Sonus believes that it and the individual defendants have meritorious defenses to the allegations made in the Complaint and intends to contest the lawsuit vigorously.
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