Industry leaders unite for live interoperability demo, highlighting Ethernet's expanding role in AI and high-speed networking The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies, today announced details of its annual live interoperability demonstration at the 2025 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibition (OFC). Located at booth 5173, the exhibit highlights Ethernet's unparalleled power and adaptability. The OFC 2025 expo will take place April 1 – 3, 2025, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2025

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. ("EXFO" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:EXFO) (TSX:EXF) is pleased to announce that the transaction contemplated by the previously announced statutory plan of arrangement under the provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act involving the Corporation and 11172239 Canada Inc., a corporation controlled by Germain Lamonde (the "Purchaser"), was completed earlier today (the "Arrangement"). Pursuant to the Arrangement, the Purchaser acquired all the issued and outstanding subordinate voting shares of EXFO, other than the subordinate voting shares held by the Purchaser, for US $6.25 per subordinate voting share in cash. Consideration for the

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. ("EXFO" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:EXFO) (TSX:EXF) is pleased to announce that the Superior Court of Québec has issued a final order approving the previously announced plan of arrangement with 11172239 Canada Inc. (the "Arrangement"). At the special meeting of EXFO's shareholders held on August 13, 2021, the special resolution approving the arrangement resolution was approved by 99.65% of the votes cast by shareholders, voting together as a single class, as well as 90.95% of the votes cast by holders of subordinate voting shares, excluding votes attached to the subordinate voting shares held, directly or indirectly, by Germain Lamonde an

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. ("EXFO" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:EXFO) (TSX:EXF), is pleased to announce that, at the special meeting of its shareholders (the "Shareholders") held today (the "Meeting"), a significant majority of shareholders voted in favour of the special resolution (the "Arrangement Resolution") approving the previously announced plan of arrangement under Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act pursuant to which 11172239 Canada Inc. will acquire all the issued and outstanding subordinate voting shares of EXFO, other than the subordinate voting shares held by Germain Lamonde, G. Lamonde Investissements Inc., 9356-8988 Québec Inc., and Phi

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. ("EXFO" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:EXFO) (TSX:EXF), announces today that the Corporation has filed an amendment to its previously filed Rule 13e-3 transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3 (the "Schedule 13E-3") originally filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on July 16, 2021. The amendment to the Schedule 13E-3 is available on EXFO's profile on EDGAR at www.sec.gov. The SEC requested that the Company provide certain additional disclosure regarding the previously announced going private transaction (the "Transaction"), pursuant to which 11172239 Canada Inc. (the "Purchaser") will acquire all the issued and outs

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. ("EXFO" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:EXFO) (TSX:EXF), announces that 11172239 Canada Inc. (the "Purchaser") has agreed to increase the purchase price for the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding subordinate voting shares of EXFO, from US $6.00 to US $6.25 per subordinate voting share not held directly or indirectly by Germain Lamonde and Philippe Morin. The parties have also amended the arrangement agreement dated June 7, 2021, as amended on July 6, 2021 and July 12, 2021 accordingly. The terms and conditions of the Arrangement Agreement otherwise remain unchanged. The Purchaser and EXFO have also entered into support and v

- Leading proxy advisor Glass Lewis recommends EXFO minority shareholders vote AGAINST Mr. Lamonde's going private transaction, in the face of VIAVI's US$8.00 per share binding superior proposal - Glass Lewis highly critical of Mr. Lamonde for his "obdurate" rejection of VIAVI's proposal and of the EXFO Special Committee for "snubbing VIAVI's repeat approaches" - Finds "fundamentally problematic" the EXFO Special Committee's rationale for recommending the going private transaction at an inadequate valuation - Shareholders are encouraged to REJECT Mr. Lamonde's inferior US$6.00 per share going private transaction by voting AGAINST it prior to the August 11, 2021 proxy voting deadline for the

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. ("EXFO" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:EXFO) (TSX:EXF), is pleased to announce that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS), a leading third party proxy advisory firm, which, among other services, provides voting recommendations to pension funds, investment managers, mutual funds and other institutional shareholders has recommended that EXFO shareholders vote in favour of the going private transaction proposed by 11172239 Canada Inc, (the "Purchaser"), a corporation controlled by Mr. Germain Lamonde. The proposed going private transaction, to be effected by way of a plan of arrangement between EXFO and the Purchaser is to be voted

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. ("VIAVI") (NASDAQ:VIAV) is once again extremely disappointed that Germain Lamonde, EXFO Inc.'s (TSX:EXF) (NASDAQ:EXFO) ("EXFO") Chairman and majority shareholder, and the EXFO Special Committee have rejected our increased binding proposal (the "Binding Proposal") to acquire EXFO for US$8.00 in cash per share. VIAVI's increased Binding Proposal represents a significant premium of: 116% to the NASDAQ closing price on June 4, 2021, the trading day before the announcement of the going private transaction (

QUEBEC CITY, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - The Board of Directors of EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ:EXFO) (TSX:EXF) ("EXFO" or the "Corporation") wishes, after careful consideration with the assistance of its independent legal advisors and acting on the unanimous recommendation of the special committee of the Board of Directors comprised entirely of independent directors (the "Special Committee"), to clarify the situation for shareholders and other stakeholders about the unsolicited non-binding proposal (the "Proposal") made by Viavi Solutions Inc. on July 20, 2021. In a going-private transaction announcement on June 7, 2021 and as reiterated  by press releases issued on June 16, 2021, and July 20, 2021,