The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any Current Reports on Form 8-K through which it furnished, rather than filed, information with the Commission.
Additionally, all reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the effective date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and other documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document to be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The Registrant’s Deferred Compensation Plans provide a select group of management employees (“Eligible Employees”) and directors of the Registrant the opportunity to defer the receipt of certain compensation. Such Deferred Compensation Obligations will be general unsecured obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future to participating Eligible Employees and directors (the “Participants”) in accordance with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plans.
Under the ADTRAN, Inc. Deferred Compensation Program for Employees, Eligible Employees may elect to defer all or a portion of specified bonuses and up to 25% of their remaining cash compensation. Similarly, the ADTRAN, Inc. Deferred Compensation Program for Directors enables eligible directors to defer all or a portion of monetary remuneration paid to the directors, including, but not limited to, meeting fees and annual retainers.
No amount payable under the Plans shall be subject to alienation, assignment, garnishment, attachment, execution or levy except as may be required by law. The duration of the Plans is indefinite, however, the Registrant reserves the right to terminate or amend the Plans at any time.
The total amount of the Deferred Compensation Obligations cannot be determined as the amount will vary based on the level of participation in the Plans and each Participant’s amount of deferral compensation.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer, of corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful.
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