GAITHERSBURG, MD, June 13, 2011 – BroadSoft Inc. (NASDAQ:BSFT, news, filings) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $100 million principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018 in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). BroadSoft also expects to grant the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase up to an additional $20 million principal amount of additional notes.
The notes will be convertible in certain circumstances, based upon a conversion rate, into cash up to their principal amount and shares of its common stock in respect of the remainder, if any, of the conversion value in excess of the principal amount. The interest rate, conversion rate, conversion price and other terms of the notes will be determined at the time of the pricing of the offering. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of BroadSoft.
BroadSoft intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions of complementary businesses, products or technologies.
The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release is issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About BroadSoft
BroadSoft provides software that enables fixed-line, mobile and cable service providers to deliver voice and multimedia services over their IP-based networks. The Company’s software, BroadWorks®, enables service providers to provide enterprises and consumers with a range of cloud-based, or hosted, IP multimedia communications, such as hosted IP private branch exchanges, video calling, unified communications, collaboration and converged mobile and fixed-line services.
BroadSoft and BroadWorks are registered trademarks of BroadSoft, Inc. All other names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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