4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 - 01/01 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Gruenwald, J. Thomas c/o TELLABS 4951 Indiana Avenue Lisle, IL 60532 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Tellabs, Inc. (TLAB) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 01/01 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Vice President 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |1/31/0|M | |1,500 |A |$8.3750 | | | | |1 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |1/31/0|S | |1,500 |D |$62.1875 |71,040 |D | | |1 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | |10,923 |I |(1) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Employee Stock Options|$8.3750 |1/31/|M | |1,500 |D |(2) |5/30/|Common Stock|1,500 | |148,500 |D | | (Rights to Buy) | |01 | | | | | |05 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: (1) These shares are held for the benefit of the reporting person in the Tellabs Advantage Program. The information reported herein is based on a plan statement as of December 29, 2000 and represents the shares allocated to the reporting person in the Tellabs Advantage Program on such date. (2) All options become exercisable in cumulative annual installments of 25% on each of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th anniversaries of the grant date. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ J. Thomas Gruenwald DATE February 12, 2001