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 13, 2015

 

 

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 13, 2015 (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 2016 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); (iii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2015 (Proposal 3); and (iv) approved the ADTRAN, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Incentive Plan. 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

     44,743,154         1,832,841         4,272,916   

H. Fenwick Huss

     41,822,077         4,753,918         4,272,916   

William L. Marks

     41,563,426         5,012,569         4,272,916   

Balan Nair

     41,699,733         4,876,262         4,272,916   

Roy J. Nichols

     41,570,820         5,005,175         4,272,916   

Kathryn A. Walker

     41,861,516         4,714,479         4,272,916   

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For     Against     Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  44,844,856        1,313,455        417,684        4,272,916   

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2015

 

For     Against     Abstain  
  49,992,222        469,054        387,635   

Proposal 4 – Approval of the ADTRAN, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Incentive Plan

 

For     Against     Abstain     Broker
Non-Votes
 
  36,105,437        10,062,944        407,614        4,272,916   

A copy of ADTRAN’s 2015 Employee Stock Incentive Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

10.1    ADTRAN, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Incentive Plan


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, 2015.

 

ADTRAN, Inc.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Michael Foliano
Michael Foliano
Senior Vice President – Global Operations,
Interim Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary
(Interim Principal Financial Officer)


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

10.1    ADTRAN, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Incentive Plan