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 11, 2016

 

 

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)

 

 

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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 11, 2016 (Annual Meeting). At the Annual Meeting, ADTRAN’s stockholders (i) elected seven directors to serve a one year term expiring at the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (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 2016 (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

     42,813,698         771,805         2,962,574   

H. Fenwick Huss

     43,318,680         266,823         2,962,574   

William L. Marks

     42,985,788         599,715         2,962,574   

Anthony J. Melone

     43,406,348         179,155         2,962,574   

Balan Nair

     42,714,643         870,860         2,962,574   

Roy J. Nichols

     42,983,787         601,716         2,962,574   

Kathryn A. Walker

     43,015,058         570,445         2,962,574   

Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker

Non-Votes

42,664,076

   851,688    69,739    2,962,574

Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2016

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

45,980,608    544,074    23,395


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 13, 2016.

 

ADTRAN, Inc.

(Registrant)

By:  

/s/ Roger D. Shannon

Roger D. Shannon

Senior Vice President of Finance,

Chief Financial Officer,

Corporate Treasurer and Secretary

(Principal Financial Officer)