---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-045595"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIAV"
cik: "0000912093"
company_name: "VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC."
filed_at: "2025-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:08:53.020541+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VIAVI exchanges $103.5M of 1.625% convertible notes for 7.87M shares at $17.88 ea.

## Summary
- Exchange of $103.463M aggregate principal of 2026 Notes for 7,871,043 common shares at $17.88 per share.
- After exchange, ~$49.037M of the 2026 Notes remain outstanding; no cash proceeds to VIAVI.
- Exchange expected to close December 22, 2025; shares issued in private placement exempt from registration.
- Proceeds from exchange will facilitate prepayment of at least $100M of the $600M Term Loan Credit Facility (Oct 2025).
- Transaction participants are institutional accredited investors and QIBs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-045595
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIAV
- cik: 0000912093
- company_name: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000114036125045595/0001140361-25-045595-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/912093/000114036125045595/ef20061280_8k.htm

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