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)