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): October 3, 2012

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 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
The company on October 3, 2012 made the following statement:
Typical seasonality combined with the current telecom equipment spending environment may lead to a “teens” percentage point sequential decrease in revenues for the fourth quarter of 2012 from the third quarter.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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 October 3, 2012.

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)