Form 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 9, 2012

 

 

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

ADTRAN, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 9, 2012 (Annual Meeting). At the Annual Meeting, ADTRAN’s stockholders (i) elected the seven people listed below to serve as directors for a one year term expiring at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified (Proposal 1); (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation policies of ADTRAN as well as the compensation of the named executive officers (Proposal 2); and, (iii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2012 (Proposal 3). The voting results for these proposals are presented in the tables below:

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

 

     For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Thomas R. Stanton

     54,331,127         2,135,089         3,080,227   

H. Fenwick Huss

     56,320,828         145,388         3,080,227   

Ross K. Ireland

     56,321,376         144,840         3,080,227   

William L. Marks

     55,870,027         596,189         3,080,227   

James E. Matthews

     53,376,186         3,090,030         3,080,227   

Balan Nair

     56,309,681         156,535         3,080,227   

Roy J. Nichols

     55,868,191         598,025         3,080,227   

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For

   Against    Abstain    Broker Non-Votes

55,891,575

   552,033    22,608    3,080,227

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2012

 

For

   Against    Abstain     

58,989,051

   540,057    17,335   


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 10, 2012.

 

ADTRAN, Inc.

(Registrant)

By:    

/s/ James E. Matthews

  James E. Matthews
  Senior Vice President – Finance,
  Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,
  Secretary and Director