ADTRAN INC
10-Q, 1998-08-14
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D. C.  20549
                           FORM 10-Q

      [X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
             of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
          For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 1998

                               OR

     [  ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
             of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        For the Transition Period from ______ to ______

                 Commission File Number 0-24612

                          ADTRAN, INC.
     (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

    Delaware                                                 63-0918200
  (State of Incorporation)                             (I.R.S. Employer
                                                       Identification No.)

     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)

                        _______________

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  Registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 during the  preceding  twelve  months (or for such shorter  period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No

     Indicate the number of shares  outstanding of each of the issuer's  classes
of Common Stock as of the latest practicable date:

Class                                           Outstanding at July 31, 1998
Common Stock, $.01 Par Value                        39,016,979 shares




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                          ADTRAN, INC.

                 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
              For the  Quarter Ended June 30, 1998

                       Table of Contents
                                                           
Item                                                          Page
Number            PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION             Number
                                                           
1       Financial Statements:                                 
                                                           
        Condensed Balance Sheets as of  June 30, 1998 and     
        December 31, 1997                                      3
                                                              
        Condensed  Statements  of  Income  for  the  three    
        months and six months                                  4
        ended June 30, 1998 and 1997
                                                              
        Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the six        
        months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997                    5
                                                              
        Notes to Condensed Financial Statements                6
                                                              
2       Management's Discussion and Analysis of  Financial    
        Condition  and Results of Operations                   9
       
                                                              
                   PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION                
                                                              
4       Submission  of  Matters  to  a  Vote  of  Security    13
        Holders                                               

5       Other Information                                     13
                                                              
6       Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K                      14
                                                              
                            SIGNATURE                         15
                                                              
                                                              
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                    PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.  Financial Statements

                             ADTRAN, INC.
                       CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
                                                       
                               ASSETS                  
                                                  June 30,     December 31,
                                                    1998            1997
<S>                                            <C>             <C>
                                                (Unaudited)          
Current assets:                                                   
     Cash and cash equivalents                  $25,539,437     $45,340,961
     Short-term investments                      63,423,723      37,833,240
       Accounts  receivable, less                            
       allowance for doubtful accounts                                   
       of $820,445 and $893,389 in 1998
       and 1997, respectively                    36,956,828      40,906,887
     Other receivables                            1,113,151         343,463
     Inventory                                   41,822,741      39,369,103
     Prepaid expenses                             1,929,209       1,148,288
     Deferred income taxes                        2,458,136       2,458,136
                                                -----------     ----------- 
               Total current assets             173,243,225     167,400,078
                                                                
Property, plant and equipment, less                            
accumulated depreciation of                            
      $24,953,849 and $20,900,272       
      in 1998 and 1997, respectively            69,023,525      64,801,132
Other assets                                       220,000         200,000
Long-term investments                           55,035,000      50,000,000
                                              ------------    ------------
                                              $297,521,750    $282,401,210
                                              ============    ============
                                                                  
                LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY              
                                                                  
Current liabilities:                                              
     Accounts payable                          $11,904,214     $ 9,121,270    
     Accrued salaries                            2,879,550       1,927,364
     Accrued income taxes                        2,294,364       4,579,345
     Accrued taxes other than income taxes         260,015         180,611
     Warranty liability                          1,435,259       1,435,259
     Compensated absences                        1,239,289         972,651
                                                ----------      ---------- 
          Total current liabilities             20,012,691      18,216,500

Long term liabilities:                                          
     Bonds payable                              50,000,000      50,000,000
     Deferred income taxes                       2,147,635       2,147,635
                                                ----------      ----------
          Total liabilities                     72,160,326      70,364,135
                                                ----------      ----------                      
Stockholders' equity:                                                
      Common stock, par value $.01                         
          per share 200,000,000 shares              
          authorized: 39,414,479 and
          39,381,264 shares issued in
          1998 and 1997, respectively              394,145        393,813
     Additional paid-in capital                 90,621,208     90,582,615
     Retained earnings                         143,298,196    123,260,647
     Less 397,500 and 100,000 shares                             
          treasury stock at cost in               
          1998 and 1997, respectively           (8,952,125)    (2,200,000)
                                               -----------    -----------   
     Total stockholders' equity                225,361,424    212,037,075
                                               -----------   ------------
                                              $297,521,750   $282,401,210
                                              ============   ============
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                See notes to condensed financial statements
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                                ADTRAN, INC.
                      CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                 
                               Unaudited

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   Three Months Ended                   Six Months Ended            
                                                       June 30,                            June 30,
                                                 1998            1997                1998             1997
<S>                                       <C>               <C>                 <C>              <C>  
Sales                                      $71,155,452       $59,125,208        $136,482,686     $120,355,392
Cost of sales                               32,205,894        30,493,144          61,614,431       59,931,941
                                            ----------        ----------          ----------       ----------          
           Gross profit                     38,949,558        28,632,064          74,868,255       60,423,451
                                                                                                                 
Selling, general and                     
   administrative expenses                  15,064,329        10,624,484          28,321,919       21,161,999
Research and development expenses            9,443,911         7,716,639          17,822,267       14,711,897
                                            ----------        ----------          ----------       ---------- 
                                                                         
          Income from operations            14,441,318        10,290,941          28,724,069       24,549,555
                                    
                                                                         
Interest expense                              (576,333)         (508,665)         (1,110,761)        (751,199)            
Other income, net                            1,506,073         1,124,401           2,861,033        1,986,866
                                             ---------        ----------          ----------       ---------- 
Income before income taxes                  15,371,058        10,906,677          30,474,341       25,785,222              
Provision for income taxes                  (5,226,160)       (3,926,404)        (10,436,792)      (9,282,680)
                                            ----------         ---------          ----------        --------- 
                                                                         
          Net income                       $10,144,898       $ 6,980,273         $20,037,549      $16,502,542
                                           ===========       ============        ===========      ===========       
                                                                         
Weighted average shares            
 outstanding assuming dilution(1)           39,431,601        39,523,277          39,500,980       39,531,615     
                                            ==========        ==========          ==========       ==========             
Earnings per common share assuming               
dilution (1                                      $0.26             $0.18               $0.51            $0.42
                                                 -----             -----               -----            -----              
Earnings per common share - basic                $0.26             $0.18               $0.51            $0.42
                                                 -----             -----               -----            -----               
                                                             
 </TABLE>
                                                   
                                                     

(1) Assumes exercise of dilutive stock options calculated under the
treasury stock method.















            See notes to condensed financial statements
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                           ADTRAN, INC.
                CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                             Unaudited
                                                                            Six Months Ended       
                                                                                June 30,
<S>                                                                   <C>           <C> 
                                                                         1998            1997
Cash flows from operating activities:                 
     Net income                                                       $20,037,549   $16,502,542
     Adjustments to reconcile net                         
       income to net cash provided by operating activities:
     Depreciation                                                       4,054,508     3,597,865
     Gain(loss)on sale of property, plant and equipment                         0       (12,220)
     Loss on short-term investments                                             0        55,930
     Change in operating assets:                            
       Accounts receivable                                              3,950,059     2,069,867
       Inventory                                                       (2,453,638)  (14,126,608)
       Other receivables                                                 (770,618)      (91,006)
       Prepaid expenses                                                  (800,921)      (44,648)
     Change in operating liabilities:            
       Accounts payable                                                 2,782,944       523,351
       Accrued salaries                                                   952,186      (382,569)
       Accrued income taxes                                            (2,284,981)   (1,803,706)
       Accrued taxes other than income taxes                               79,404        12,000
       Compensated absences                                               266,638       230,606
       Accrued interest                                                         0       (59,594)
                                                                       ----------    ----------
      Net cash provided by operating activities                        25,813,130     6,471,810
                                                                       ----------    ----------
Cash flows from investing activities:                          
      Expenditures for property, plant and equipment                   (8,285,971)  (11,814,233)
      Proceeds from the disposition of property, plant and                        
        equipment                                                          10,000        28,447
      (Purchase) redemption of  short-term investments                (25,590,483)    3,966,760                             
      Purchase of long-term investments                                (5,035,000)  (50,000,000)
                                                                      -----------    ----------                            
      Net cash used in investing activities                           (38,901,454)  (57,819,026)                             
                                                                      -----------    ----------
Cash flows from financing activities:                          
      Proceeds from issuance of bonds                                           0    50,000,000
      Redemption of bonds payable                                               0   (20,000,000)
      Proceeds from issuance of common stock                               38,925       286,229
      Purchase of treasury stock                                       (6,752,125)   (2,200,000)                               
                                                                      -----------    ----------
      Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities              (6,713,200)   28,086,229                              
                                                                      -----------    ----------
      Net (decrease)increase in cash and cash equivalents             (19,801,524)  (23,260,987)

                                                               
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period                         45,340,961    44,839,131
                                                                       ----------    ----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period                              $25,539,437   $21,578,144
                                                                      ===========   ===========
                                                               
 </TABLE>
                                                             
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
           See notes to condensed financial statements

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                          ADTRAN, INC.
            NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                          (Unaudited)



1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

     The condensed balance sheet of ADTRAN, Inc. (the "Company") at December 31,
1997 has been derived from audited  financial  statements,  but does not include
all  disclosures  required by  generally  accepted  accounting  principles.  The
accompanying  unaudited condensed financial  statements of the Company have been
prepared  pursuant  to the rules and  regulations  for  reporting  on Form 10-Q.
Accordingly,  certain  information  and notes  required  by  generally  accepted
accounting principles for complete financial statements are not included herein.
In the opinion of management,  all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation
of these interim statements have been included and are of a normal and recurring
nature.  Operating  results  for the six  months  ended  June  30,  1998 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected to occur for the year
ending December 31, 1998. The interim  statements  should be read in conjunction
with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's latest
Annual Report on Form 10-K.

2.  INVENTORY

At June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997, inventory consisted of the following:

                                        June 30,     December 31,
                                         1998            1997
                                                     
Raw materials                        $26,961,646     $24,199,720               
Work in progress                       3,749,075       2,565,179               
Finished goods                        11,112,020      12,604,204
                                     -----------     -----------
                                     $41,822,741     $39,369,103
                                     ===========     ===========            


3.   RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS

     In June 1997,  the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  (FASB)  issued
Statement  of  Financial   Accounting   Standards  (SFAS)  No.  130,   Reporting
Comprehensive  Income, which requires the reporting and display of comprehensive
income and its components in an entity's financial statements, and SFAS No. 131,
Disclosures  about  Segments of an  Enterprise  and Related  Information,  which
specifies revised  guidelines for determining an entity's operating segments and
the type and level of  financial  information  to be  required.  The  Company is
required  to adopt these  standards  in 1998.  The  Company  does not expect the
impact of these pronouncements to be material. For the six months ended June 30,
1998 and 1997, there were no differences  between net income and  comprehensive
income.


4.   EARNINGS PER SHARE

     A summary of the  calculation  of basic and diluted  earnings per share for
the three  months and six months  ended  June 30,  1998 and June 30,  1997 is as
follows:

                                  
                                    FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998

                                    Income         Shares         Per-Share
                                   (Numerator)  (Denominator)     Amount    
Basic EPS                                                        
Income available to common       
 stockholders                     $10,144,898   39,284,750        $0.26      
                                                            
Effect of Dilutive Securities                                       
Stock Options                                      146,852
                                                           
Diluted EPS                                                
Income available to common                                 
 stockholders + assumed         
 conversions                      $10,144,898    39,431,602       $0.26      

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                                  FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998

                                   Income         Shares         Per-Share
                                  (Numerator)  (Denominator)     Amount      
Basic EPS                                                        
Income available to common      $20,037,549     39,306,033       $0.51
stockholders                           
                                                           
Effect of Dilutive Securities                                        
Stock Options                                      194,947       
                                                           
Diluted EPS                                                
Income available to common                                 
 stockholders + assumed
 conversions                     $20,037,549    39,500,980       $0.51
  




                                FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997   
                                          
                                Income           Shares        Per-Share
                              (Numerator)     (Denominator)    Amount
                                                                             
Basic EPS                                                        
Income available to common    
 stockholders                    $6,980,273     39,244,514       $0.18
                                                            
Effect of Dilutive Securities                              
 Stock Options                                     278,763           
                                                           
Diluted EPS                                                
Income available to common                                 
 stockholders + assumed
 conversions                     $6,980,273     39,523,277       $0.18
  


                                 FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 
                                 
                                Income          Shares           Per-Share
                              (Numerator)    (Denominator)       Amount
                                 
                                                       
Basic EPS                                                        
Income available to common      
 stockholders                  $16,502,542      39,137,998       $0.42
                                                            
Effect of Dilutive Securities                                         
Stock Options                                      393,618
                                                           
Diluted EPS                                                
Income available to common                                 
 stockholders + assumed
 conversions                   $16,502,542      39,531,616       $0.42
                                             
                                                                   
                                                                   

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Item 2.    MANAGEMENT'S  DISCUSSION  AND  ANALYSIS   OF   FINANCIAL
           CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

     The Company designs, develops,  manufactures,  markets and services a broad
range  of  high  speed  digital  transmission  products  utilized  by  telephone
companies  ("Telcos") and corporate end-users to implement advanced digital data
services over  existing  telephone  networks.  The Company  currently  sells its
products to Telcos (including all of the Regional Bell Operating Companies), and
private end-users in the Customer Premises Equipment ("CPE") market.

     The Company's  sales have increased each year due primarily to increases in
the number of units sold to both new and existing customers.  These annual sales
increases  reflect the Company's  strategy of increasing  unit volume and market
share through the  introduction  of succeeding  generations  of products  having
lower  selling  prices and  increased  functionality  as  compared  to the prior
generation of a product and to the products of competitors. An important part of
the Company's  strategy is to engineer the reduction of the product cost of each
succeeding product generation and then to lower the product's price based on the
cost savings  achieved.  As a part of this  strategy,  the Company seeks in most
instances  to be a low-cost,  high-quality  provider of products in its markets.
The Company's success to date is attributable in large measure to its ability to
initially  design  its  products  with a view  to  their  subsequent  re-design,
allowing  efficient  enhancements  of the  product  in each  succeeding  product
generation. This strategy has enabled the Company to sell succeeding generations
of products to existing  customers  as well as to increase  its market  share by
selling these enhanced products to new customers.

     The Company  intends to retain all earnings for use in the  development  of
its  business  and  does  not  anticipate  paying  any  cash  dividends  in  the
foreseeable future.

     When used in this Form 10-Q, the words  "believe,"  "anticipate,"  "think,"
"intend,"   "will  be,"  and  similar   expressions   identify   forward-looking
statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which
could cause actual results to differ  materially from those  projected.  Readers
are cautioned not to place undue  reliance on these  forward-looking  statements
which  speak only as of the date  hereof.  Readers  are also urged to  carefully
review and consider the various disclosures made by the Company which attempt to
advise  interested  parties of the factors which affect the Company's  business,
including the disclosures made in other periodic reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

<PAGE>



Results of Operations - Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30,1998 Compared 
                        to Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 1997

SALES

     The Company's sales  increased  20.3% from  $59,125,208 in the three months
ended June 30, 1997 to  $71,155,452  in the three  months  ended June 30,  1998.
Sales increased 13.4% from $120,355,392 in the six months ended June 30, 1997 to
$136,482,686 in the six months ended June 30, 1998. The increased sales resulted
from an increase in sales volume to existing customers and from increased market
penetration.  Sales to Telcos  increased  slightly from $37,941,567 in the three
months  ended June 30, 1997 to  $39,681,156  in the three  months ended June 30,
1998 and  increased  from  $78,329,743  in the six months ended June 30, 1997 to
$80,377,170  in the six months ended June 30, 1998.  The increase in Telco sales
in the 1998 period  resulted  primarily  from  increased  sales of High bit-rate
Digital  Subscriber  Line  ("HDSL")  products and ("DDS")  Digital Data Services
products. Telco sales as a percentage of total sales decreased from 64.2% in the
three  months  ended June 30, 1997 to 55.8% in the three  months  ended June 30,
1998 and decreased  from 65.1% in the six months ended June 30, 1997 to 58.9% in
the six months ended June 30, 1998.  Sales of CPE products  increased 48.6% from
$21,183,641  in the three months ended June 30, 1997 to $31,474,296 in the three
months ended June 30, 1998, as a result of increased sales of ("T-1")  products,
(a digital  transmission link with a capacity of 1.544 Mbit/s used predominantly
in North America). Sales of CPE products increased 33.5% from $42,025,649 in the
six months  ended June 30,1997 to  $56,105,516  in the six months ended June 30,
1998. As a percentage of sales, CPE sales increased from 34.9% in the six months
ended  June 30,  1997 to 41.1%  in the six  months  ended  June  30,  1998.  The
financial  effect of the increase in overall unit volume was offset  somewhat by
lower unit selling prices for many of the Company's products.

COST OF SALES

     Cost of sales increased slightly from $30,493,144 in the three months ended
June 30,  1997 to  $32,205,894  in the  three  months  ended  June 30,  1998 and
increased  2.8%  from  $59,931,941  in the six  months  ended  June 30,  1997 to
$61,614,431  in the six months  ended June 30, 1998.  As a percentage  of sales,
cost of sales  decreased  from 51.6% in the three  months ended June 30, 1997 to
45.3% in the three  months ended June 30, 1998 and  decreased  from 49.8% in the
six months  ended June 30, 1997 to 45.1% in the six months  ended June 30, 1998.
An  important  part of the  Company's  strategy is to reduce the product cost of
each succeeding  product  generation and then to lower the product's price based
on the cost savings achieved.  This strategy  sometimes results in variations in
the  Company's  gross  profit  margin  due to  timing  differences  between  the
recognition of cost reductions and the lowering of product  selling  prices.  In
view of the  rapid  pace  of new  product  introductions  by the  Company,  this
strategy  may  result  in  variations  in gross  profit  margins  that,  for any
particular financial period, can be difficult to predict.

SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

     Selling,   general  and   administrative   expenses  increased  41.8%  from
$10,624,484  in the three months ended June 30, 1997 to $15,064,329 in the three
months  ended June 30,  1998 and  increased  33.8% from  $21,161,999  in the six
months ended June 30, 1997 to $28,321,919 in the six months ended June 30, 1998.
The increase was due to additional sales and support expenditures necessary as a
result of the Company's expanded sales base. Selling, general and administrative
expenses as a percentage of sales increased from 18.0% in the three months ended
June 30, 1997 to 21.2% in the three  months  ended June 30,  1998 and  increased
from  17.6% in the six  months  ended  June 30,  1997 to 20.8% in the six months
ended June 30 1998. Sales and support organization expansion,  which resulted in
increased costs during the quarter,  will continue because they are necessary to
position the Company to  accumulate  market  share and maintain  growth over the
longer term.


RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

     Research and  development  expenses  increased 22.4% from $7,716,639 in the
three  months ended June 30, 1997 to  $9,443,911  in the three months ended June
30, 1998 and increased  21.1% from  $14,711,897 in the six months ended June 30,
1997 to  $17,822,267 in the six months ended June 30, 1998. The increase was due
to  increased  investment  in product  development  and cost  reduction  through
engineering.  As a  percentage  of  sales,  research  and  development  expenses
increased  from 13.1% in the three  months  ended June 30,  1997 to 13.3% in the
three  months  ended June 30,  1998 and  increased  from 12.2% in the six months
ended June 30, 1997 to 13.1% in the six months ended June 30, 1998.  The Company
will continue to invest in these product development activities because they are
necessary to position the Company to accumulate market share and maintain growth
over the longer term.
<PAGE>

INTEREST EXPENSE

     Interest  expense  increased  13.3% from $508,665 in the three months ended
June 30, 1997 to $576,333 in the three months ended June 30, 1998 and  increased
47.9% from  $751,199 in the six months ended June 30, 1997 to  $1,110,761 in the
six months  ended June 30, 1998.  This  increase was due to an increase in bonds
payable from $20,000,000  during the first quarter of 1997 to $50,000,000 in the
first quarter of 1998. See "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below.

NET INCOME

     As a  result  of  the  above  factors,  net  income  increased  45.3%  from
$6,980,273 in the three months ended June 30, 1997 to  $10,144,898  in the three
months  ended June 30,  1998 and  increased  21.4% from  $16,502,542  in the six
months ended June 30, 1997 to $20,037,549 in the six months ended June 30, 1998.
As a percentage of sales,  net income  increased  from 11.8% in the three months
ended  June 30,  1997 to 14.3%  in the  three  months  ended  June 30,  1998 and
increased  from 13.7% in the six months  ended June 30, 1997 to 14.7% in the six
months ended June 30, 1998.


LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

     The Company is continuing a project to expand its  facilities in Huntsville
in  several  phases  over  the  next  four  years  at a  cost  of  approximately
$150,000,000,  of which $54,032,000 had been incurred at June 30, 1998. The debt
associated with $50,000,000 of this project was approved for participation in an
incentive program offered by the Alabama State Industrial  Development Authority
(the "Authority").  During 1997, the Authority issued an additional  $30,000,000
of its taxable revenue bonds (the "Amended and Restated Bond"), pursuant to such
program and loaned the proceeds  from the sale of the Amended and Restated  Bond
to the Company,  increasing  the Company's  long-term  debt to $50,000,000 as of
April 25,  1997.  The Company  will make  payments to the  Authority  in amounts
necessary to pay the principal of and interest on the Amended and Restated Bond,
which matures on January 1, 2020.

     The Company's  working capital  position  improved from  $149,183,578 as of
December 31, 1997 to $153,230,534  as of June 30, 1998. This  improvement in the
Company's working capital position was due primarily to increased earnings.  The
Company has used,  and expects to continue  to use,  the  remaining  proceeds of
prior public offerings for working capital and other general corporate purposes,
including (i) product  development  activities to enhance its existing  products
and develop new products and (ii)  expansion of sales and marketing  activities.
Inventory increased 6.2% from December 31, 1997 to June 30, 1998.

     On March 31,  1997,  the  Board of  Directors  authorized  the  Company  to
repurchase  up to 1,000,000  shares of the Company's  outstanding  common stock.
During the six month period ended June 30, 1998, the Company repurchased 297,500
shares  at a cost of  $6,752,125  and as of  June  30,  1998,  the  Company  has
repurchased 397,500 shares at a total cost of $8,952,125.

     Capital  expenditures  totaling $18,220,850 for the year ended December 31,
1997 and  $8,285,971  in the  first six  months of 1998 were used to expand  the
Company's headquarters and to purchase equipment.

     At June 30, 1998,  the Company's cash on hand of  $25,539,437,  short- term
investments of $63,423,723  and $10,000,000  available under a $10,000,000  bank
line of credit placed the Company's  potential cash  availability at $98,963,160
of which a portion is being used to expand the  Company's  facilities  under the
incentive program described above. The Company's $10,000,000 bank line of credit
bears  interest  at the  rate  of  87.5  basis  points  over  the 30 day  London
inter-bank  offered rate. The Company intends to renew its $10,000,000 bank line
of credit upon expiration in May 1999.

     The Company  intends to finance its operations in the future with cash flow
from  operations,  the remaining net proceeds of the public  offerings,  amounts
available under the bank line of credit, borrowed taxable revenue bond proceeds,
and possible additional public financings.  These available sources of funds are
expected to be adequate to meet the  Company's  operating  and capital needs for
the foreseeable future.
<PAGE>


YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE

     The Company is in the process of reviewing current software and hardware to
assess the impact of the year 2000 issue. Initially,  the Company has determined
that most of the Company's  current  business  process software and hardware are
year 2000 compliant.  The Company is in the process of implementing new business
process  software  which has been  determined to be year 2000 compliant as well.
This implementation should be completed in 1998. The Company expects to complete
its year  2000  analysis  by the end of 1998 and does  not  believe  that  costs
associated  with bringing the Company's  computer  systems into full  compliance
with year 2000 will  result in  material  costs to the  Company.  The  Company's
products  are year 2000  compliant as well and  therefore,  the Company does not
believe that it has any material  exposure to contingencies  related to the year
2000 issue for products it has sold.

     The Company is also in the  preliminary  stages of assessing  the impact of
the year 2000 issue on its major  vendors and  suppliers to determine the extent
to which the Company is vulnerable to those third parties'  failure to remediate
their  own year 2000  issues.  Based on  information  presently  available,  the
Company does not  anticipate any material  impact on its financial  condition or
results of  operations  from the effect of the year 2000 issue on the  Company's
internal systems or those of its major suppliers and customers.  However,  there
can be no guarantee  that the systems of other  companies on which the Company's
system  rely will be brought  into  compliance,  or that a failure to convert by
another company would not have a material  adverse impact on the Company. 
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     The 1998 Annual  Meeting of  Stockholders  of the Company was held on April
27,  1998.  Proxies  with  regard to the  matters to be voted upon at the Annual
Meeting were solicited  under  Regulation 14A of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.  Set forth below is a brief  description  of each matter voted
upon at the Annual Meeting and the results of the voting on each such matter.

   (a)  Election of the seven directors named below to serve until the
        next Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  There was no  solicitation in
        opposition to any of the nominees listed in the proxy statement,
        and all of the nominees were elected.


      NOMINEES                                       VOTES
                                                 For      Withheld
      Mark C. Smith                          37,376,135    53,178
      Lonnie S. McMillian                    37,375,585    53,728
      Howard A. Thrailkill                   37,345,074    84,239
      O. Gene Gabbard*                       37,375,535    53,778
      William J. Marks                       37,343,034    86,279
      Roy J. Nichols                         37,375,285    54,028
      James L. North                         37,049,660   379,653

     *Mr. Gabbard resigned from the Company's Board of Directors effective
      May 23, 1998.  No additional director has been appointed.
                                                              

  (b)  Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
       (formerly Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.) as independent accountants of
       the Company for 1998.

                                  VOTES         
              For                Against              Abstain
          ____________________________________________________              
          37,399,903              7,264               22,146



Item 5.  Other Information

     The Securities and Exchange Commission has made recent changes to the proxy
rules in Regulation 14A under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including  Rule  14a-4 and Rule  14a-5.  Stockholders  are  entitled  to submit
proposals on matters  appropriate  for  stockholder  action  consistent with the
rules and  regulations of the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission and the
Company's Bylaws.

     In  connection  with a  stockholder's  proposal to be presented at the 1999
Annual Meeting of Stockholders  where such  stockholder has not sought inclusion
of the proposal in the  Company's  proxy  statement  and form of proxy,  a proxy
granted to the Company's management will give management discretionary authority
to  vote  on any  such  stockholder  proposal  at the  1999  Annual  Meeting  of
Stockholders:

   (i)   if  the  Company's Corporate Secretary, ADTRAN, Inc.,  901
         Explorer  Boulevard, Huntsville, Alabama 35806, receives  such
         proposal after February 2, 1999; or


  (ii)   if the Company's  Corporate  Secretary receives such proposal proposal
         on or before  February 2, 1999 and management  describes the proposal 
         and how it intends to exercise  its  discretionary  voting  authority 
         with respect to such proposal  in  its  proxy  statement  relating  to
         the  1999 Annual  Meeting  of Stockholders;  provided that, even if the
         Company includes such information in its proxy statement, the Company'
         management may not exercise its discretionary voting authority if,
         among other things, the stockholder submitting the proposal provides
         the Company's Corporate Secretary with a written statement on or before
         February 2, 1999 that such stockholder  intends to deliver a proxy
         statement and form of proxy to the number of stockholders required to
         carry the proposal. 


Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

        (a)  The following exhibits are being filed with this report:     

   
             Exhibit No.                       Description

                27                             Financial Data Schedule


        (b)  Reports on Form 8-K.              None



<PAGE>


                              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.

                                                ADTRAN, INC.
                                                (Registrant)



Date:  August 13,  1998                         /s/ John R. Cooper
                                                    John R. Cooper
                                                    Vice President - Finance and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer

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