---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-251555"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VISN"
cik: "0001517228"
company_name: "Vistance Networks, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T03:56:34.243496+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CommScope grants Vantiva call option to acquire Home Networks business for 25% stake plus up to $100M earn-out

## Summary
- Vantiva gets binding call option to buy CommScope's Home Networks business; exercise subject to works council consultation in France.
- Consideration: 25% equity stake in Vantiva (fully diluted) plus earn-out up to $100M based on Vantiva achieving €400M adjusted EBITDA.
- If Vantiva doesn't exercise (excluding MAE termination), it pays CommScope a €5M break-up fee.
- Closing conditions include regulatory approvals, Vantiva shareholder approval, and completion of Home Business restructuring.
- Vantiva will continue employment for Home Business employees with at least equal pay and substantially comparable benefits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-251555
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VISN
- cik: 0001517228
- company_name: Vistance Networks, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517228/000119312523251555/0001193125-23-251555-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517228/000119312523251555/d555685d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Vistance Networks, Inc. entered into Call Option Agreement with Vantiva SA valued at €5,000,000 lump sum if not exercised; 25% equity stake plus earn-out up to $100,000,000 if exercised (effective 2023-10-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Vantiva SA
  - Value: €5,000,000 lump sum if not exercised; 25% equity stake plus earn-out up to $100,000,000 if exercised
  - Effective: 2023-10-02
  source text: On October 2, 2023, CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (the “Company”) and Vantiva SA, a société anonyme organized under the Laws of France (“Vantiva”), entered into a Call Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company has granted Vantiva a binding call option to acquire the Company’s Home Networks business (the “Home Business”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517228/000119312523251555/0001193125-23-251555-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.