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 14, 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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

ADTRAN, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2014 (Annual Meeting). At the Annual Meeting, ADTRAN’s stockholders (i) elected the six people listed below to serve as directors for a one year term expiring at the 2015 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 2014 (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

     50,660,784         862,294         2,681,157   

H. Fenwick Huss

     51,248,968         274,110         2,681,157   

William L. Marks

     51,216,163         306,915         2,681,157   

James E. Matthews

     47,479,674         4,043,404         2,681,157   

Balan Nair

     51,172,722         350,356         2,681,157   

Roy J. Nichols

     51,224,955         298,123         2,681,157   

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

                       

51,258,249

  165,174   99,655   2,681,157            

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2014

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

                                       

53,730,673

  391,152   82,410                    


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 15, 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)