8-K

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)         April 25, 2002

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)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (630) 378-8800

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5. Other Events.

Mellody Hobson elected to Tellabs' board of directors

At the company's annual meeting on April 23, 2002, Tellabs' stockholders elected Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Capital Management, Inc. to the Tellabs' board of directors. Current directors Stephanie Pace Marshall and William F. Souders were re-elected to new, three-year terms as directors. Further details are contained in the press release of Tellabs, Inc., dated April 23, 2002, attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

   (c) Exhibits
     Exhibit 99 - Press Release of Tellabs, Inc., dated April 23, 2002.

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 James A. Dite
                         James A. Dite
                                                 Vice President and Controller
                                                   (Principal Accounting Officer)

April 25, 2002
(Date)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99	Press Release of Tellabs, Inc., dated April 23, 2002.

EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 23, 2002

Mellody Hobson elected to Tellabs' board of directors

Naperville, Ill. — At the company’s annual meeting April 23, Tellabs stockholders elected Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Capital Management, Inc., to the Tellabs board of directors. Current directors Stephanie Pace Marshall and William F. Souders also were re-elected to new, three-year terms as directors.

“Mellody’s strategic perspective on the overall capital markets will help Tellabs position the company for a future return to growth,” said Tellabs Chairman Michael J. Birck. “She is a respected member of the investment community, and we’re glad to have her on our board of directors.”

Hobson directs the marketing and client servicing effort at Ariel Capital Management, Inc., a Chicago-based investment management firm with over $10 billion in assets under management. In this role, she oversees the firm’s relationships with corporate, public and non-profit institutional clients as well as the marketing initiatives for the firm’s four publicly traded mutual funds: Ariel Fund, Ariel Appreciation Fund, Ariel Premier Growth Fund and Ariel Premier Bond Fund. Additionally, as the firm’s president, she plays a role in firm-wide management and strategic planning.

Hobson works with a variety of civic and professional institutions, including serving as director of the Chicago Public Library, Board Member of the Field Museum and Board Member of Do Something.

She is a regular financial contributor on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Her extensive media experience includes spending three years as a financial reporter on WGN’s “Minority Business Report” and also regular appearances on CNN and CNNfn (financial network).

In more than 80 countries around the globe, Tellabs helps the world’s leading communications service providers build tomorrow’s converged networks of voice, data and video. Tellabs employees design, build and service optical networking, broadband access and voice-quality enhancement equipment. Today, most telephone calls and Internet sessions in the United States flow through equipment from Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB; www.tellabs.com).

CONTACTS:
Jean Medina
+1.630.798.2509
Jean.Medina@tellabs.com
Robin Urbanski
+1.630.798.2508
robin.urbanski@tellabs.com

Tellabs and the Tellabs logo are registered trademarks of Tellabs or one of its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other company names and products mentioned herein may be the property of their respective companies.