Acacia Communications, Inc. announced the appointment of Laurinda Pang to its Board of Directors and the resignation of Eric Swanson from the Company’s Board of Directors and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, all effective June 1, 2019. As a result of these changes, the Company’s Board of Directors will remain at eight members, six of whom have been determined by the Company’s Board of Directors to be independent. Ms. Pang currently serves as the president, international and global accounts management of CenturyLink, Inc., a global communications and IT services company. Prior to that, Ms. Pang served in increasingly senior roles at Level 3 Communications, Inc., most recently as its regional president, North America and Asia Pacific. Ms. Pang also served in increasingly senior roles at Global Crossing Limited, prior to its acquisition by Level 3 Communications in 2011, most recently as its senior vice president, human resources. Ms. Pang will serve as a Class II director, with an initial term expiring at Acacia’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In addition, the Board of Directors appointed Ms. Pang to the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors, effective upon the effectiveness of her appointment to the Board. Following Ms. Pang’s Committee appointments, the Compensation Committee is comprised of Stan Reiss (Chair), David Aldrich and Ms. Pang and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is comprised of Peter Chung (Chair) and Ms. Pang, each of whom has been determined to be independent by the Company’s Board of Directors.