8-K

 

 

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 19, 2014

 

 

ADTRAN, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-24612   63-0918200
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission file number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

901 Explorer Boulevard,

Huntsville, Alabama 35806-2807

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(256) 963-8000

(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 8.01 Other Events.

On May 19, 2014, ADTRAN, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional five million shares of the Company’s common stock to commence upon completion of the repurchase plan previously announced May 1, 2013.

A copy of ADTRAN’s press release announcing such repurchase plan is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated May 19, 2014


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on May 20, 2014.

 

ADTRAN, Inc.
(Registrant)
By:  

/s/ James E. Matthews

 

James E. Matthews

Senior Vice President – Finance,

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,

  Secretary and Director
  (Principal Accounting Officer)


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated May 19, 2014