UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 11, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

SONUS NETWORKS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS 01886

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(978) 614-8100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.07.                                     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Sonus Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 11, 2015 to consider and vote upon the matters listed below.  The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2015 (the “Proxy Statement”).  The final voting results from the Annual Meeting are set forth below.

(1)                                 The stockholders elected each of the eleven nominees to the Board of Directors of the Company to hold office until the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders by a plurality of votes cast:

(2)                                 By the following vote, the stockholders approved amendments to the Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended:

(3)                                 By the following vote, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015:

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(4)                                 By the following vote, the stockholders approved an advisory vote concerning the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section and the accompanying compensation tables and related narratives contained in the Proxy Statement:

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company will consider the outcome of the advisory vote when making future compensation decisions relating to the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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