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EX-99.1 - LETTER FROM CHAIRMAN MIKE BIRCK - TELLABS INC | d402672dex991.htm |
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) August 24, 2012
TELLABS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 0-9692 | 36-3831568 | ||
(State of Incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
One Tellabs Center 1415 W. Diehl Road Naperville, Illinois |
60563 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (630) 798-8800
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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:
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 24, 2012, the Chairman of Tellabs, Inc.s (the Companys) Board of Directors, Mike Birck announced that he will not seek re-election to the Board of Directors at the Companys 2013 Annual Stockholders Meeting. Mr. Bircks decision is not the result of any disagreement with respect to Tellabs operations, policies or practices.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On August 24, 2012, the Chairman of Tellabs, Inc.s Board of Directors, Mike Birck issued the statement attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
99.1 | Letter from Chairman Mike Birck, dated August 24, 2012 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements 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.
TELLABS, INC. (Registrant) |
/s/ Thomas P. Minichiello |
Thomas P. Minichiello Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer and duly authorized officer) |
August 24, 2012
(Date)
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
99.1 | Letter from Chairman Mike Birck, dated August 24, 2012 |