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 9, 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 5.07	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.	
ADTRAN, Inc. held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 9, 2012 (Annual Meeting). At the Annual Meeting, ADTRAN’s stockholders (i) elected the seven people listed below to serve as directors for a one year term expiring at the 2013 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 2012 (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	  	 	54,331,127	  	  	 	2,135,089	  	  	 	3,080,227	  	
H. Fenwick Huss	  	 	56,320,828	  	  	 	145,388	  	  	 	3,080,227	  	
Ross K. Ireland	  	 	56,321,376	  	  	 	144,840	  	  	 	3,080,227	  	
William L. Marks	  	 	55,870,027	  	  	 	596,189	  	  	 	3,080,227	  	
James E. Matthews	  	 	53,376,186	  	  	 	3,090,030	  	  	 	3,080,227	  	
Balan Nair	  	 	56,309,681	  	  	 	156,535	  	  	 	3,080,227	  	
Roy J. Nichols	  	 	55,868,191	  	  	 	598,025	  	  	 	3,080,227	  	
Proposal 2 – Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

For	  	Against	  	Abstain	  	Broker Non-Votes	
55,891,575	  	552,033	  	22,608	  	3,080,227	
Proposal 3 – Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2012

For	  	Against	  	Abstain	  	 	
58,989,051	  	540,057	  	17,335	  		

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 10, 2012.

ADTRAN, Inc.
(Registrant)	
		
By:  	 	/s/ James E. Matthews	
	 	James E. Matthews	
	 	Senior Vice President – Finance,	
	 	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer,	
	 	Secretary and Director