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
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
September 14, 1998
CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE 0-10228 04-2797263
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) Number) Identification No.)
35 Industrial Way, Rochester, NH 03867
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(603) 332-9400
(Registrant's telephone number including area code)
<PAGE>
Item 9. Sales of Equity Securities Pursuant to Regulation S.
On September 14, 1998 Cabletron Systems, Inc. sold 89,921 shares of its common
stock to Nobuo Kamata pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.
This sale was part of a transaction in which Cabletron acquired shares of
Soliton Systems, K.K. from Mr. Kamata in exchange for cash and the stock
described above. The Cabletron common stock was valued at its closing price on
the New York Stock Exchange on June 23, 1998.
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
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.
CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: October 5, 1998 By:/s/ DAVID J. KIRKPATRICK
Corporate Vice President of Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
