=============================================================================== 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: August 18, 2005 DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED: August 18, 2005 COMMSCOPE, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 1-12929 36-4135495 (State or other (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer jurisdiction of Identification Number) incorporation) 1100 COMMSCOPE PLACE, SE P.O. BOX 339 HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA 28602 (Address of principal executive offices) REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (828) 324-2200 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): [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) =============================================================================== Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement. ------------------------------------------ On August 18, 2005, the Compensation Committee of CommScope, Inc. (the "Company") approved the provision of relocation benefits to Randall W. Crenshaw, our Executive Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise, in connection with his relocation from North Carolina to Texas at the request of the Company. The relocation benefits consist of: (a) Mr. Crenshaw's right to sell his North Carolina home to the Company, for a purchase price of $500,000, and the payment of all closing costs; (b) the payment of a home sale bonus of 2% of the sale price (net of closing costs), if Mr. Crenshaw sells his North Carolina home to a buyer other than the Company; (c) a payment of $25,000 to cover temporary living expenses; (d) the payment of moving expenses for Mr. Crenshaw and his family; and (e) a tax gross-up to the extent that any of the relocation benefits (excluding the home sale bonus, if any) are taxable. 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. Dated: August 18, 2005 COMMSCOPE, INC. By: /s/ Frank B. Wyatt, II -------------------------------- Frank B. Wyatt, II Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary