Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As previously disclosed in the Initial Filing, effective as of the closing of the Exchange Offer on July 15, 2022, Mr. Protiva was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") and as Vice Chairman of the Board. In connection with such appointments, subsequent to the closing of the Exchange Offer, Mr. Protiva and ADVA entered into a settlement agreement on August 4, 2022 (the "Settlement Agreement"), under which Mr. Protiva and ADVA agreed that (i) Mr. Protiva would resign as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of ADVA and as a member of the management board of ADVA effective August 31, 2022, (ii) Mr. Protiva's existing service contract with ADVA would continue in effect until its expiration on December 31, 2022 and (iii) Mr. Protiva would continue to receive his remuneration as CEO of ADVA until December 31, 2022, but that Mr. Protiva would not be entitled to any severance payments as compensation for the expiration of his service contract. Pursuant to his existing service contract, as described in ADVA's 2021 Annual Report, for ADVA's fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, Mr. Protiva received fixed remuneration of €253,000, fringe benefits of €11,000, variable short-term compensation of €448,000, and variable long-term compensation of €197,000. Following the expiration of Mr. Protiva's service contract on December 31, 2022, it is expected that Mr. Protiva will receive compensation for Board service in accordance with the Company's standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors of the Company (including Nikos Theodosopoulos and Johanna Hey), which are described in ADTRAN, Inc.'s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2022, as adjusted by the Board from time to time. The foregoing summary of the Settlement Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Settlement Agreement, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

The audited consolidated financial statements of ADVA required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K are attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Amendment and are incorporated by reference herein. The unaudited consolidated financial statements of ADVA required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K are attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Amendment and are incorporated by reference herein.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K is attached as Exhibit 99.3 to this Amendment and is incorporated by reference herein.



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(d) Exhibits

 Exhibit  Description
 Number

  10.1      Settlement Agreement by and between ADVA Optical Networking SE and
          Mr. Brian L. Protiva
  23.1      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH
          Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft.
  99.1      Historical audited consolidated financial statements of ADVA Optical
          Networking SE
  99.2      Historical unaudited interim financial statements of ADVA Optical
          Networking SE
  99.3      Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information
   104    Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page iXBRL tags are
          embedded within the Inline XBRL document.




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