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 8, 2013

 

 

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 8, 2013 (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 2014 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 2013 (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			55,012,245				418,078				2,958,574
H. Fenwick Huss			55,151,000				279,323				2,958,574
Ross K. Ireland			55,153,639				276,684				2,958,574
William L. Marks			55,053,342				376,981				2,958,574
James E. Matthews			54,394,009				1,036,314				2,958,574
Balan Nair			32,837,061				22,593,262				2,958,574
Roy J. Nichols			55,063,228				367,095				2,958,574

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
55,039,443		273,987		116,893		2,958,574

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2013

 

For		Against		Abstain
57,961,610		316,766		110,521

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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, 2013.