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)         March 25, 2003

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.

Tellabs names Timothy J. Wiggins chief financial officer.

Tellabs named Timothy J. Wiggins as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective March 31, 2003. Further details are contained in the press release of Tellabs, Inc., dated March 25, 2003, 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 March 25, 2003.

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)

March 25, 2003
(Date)

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99	Press Release of Tellabs, Inc., dated March 25, 2003.

EX-99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mar. 25, 2003Tellabs names Timothy J. Wiggins chief financial officer

Naperville, Ill. – Tellabs today named Timothy J. Wiggins as executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), effective March 31.

Wiggins, 46, will be responsible for all of Tellabs’ global finance operations, including finance, accounting, treasury, audit, financial planning, risk management, tax and investor relations. He also will oversee Tellabs’ global information systems organization. He will report to Michael J. Birck, Tellabs chairman and chief executive officer (CEO).

“Tim brings to Tellabs strong financial management and strategic planning skills within publicly held global engineering and manufacturing firms,” Birck said. “He has successfully led companies through challenging economic environments and will help guide Tellabs along our path to profitability.”

Prior to joining Tellabs, Wiggins was executive vice president and CFO at Chicago Bridge and Iron Company N.V. Wiggins also has served as executive vice president of finance for Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, one of the world’s leading truck trailer manufacturers. Prior to that, Wiggins was CEO of Autodie Corporation, a publicly held manufacturer of large-scale stamping dies. Wiggins started his career at international accounting and consulting firm Deloitte Haskins & Sells (predecessor to Deloitte & Touche).

Wiggins is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Michigan State University. Wiggins, his wife Debbie, and their family reside in Chicago’s far western suburbs.

Wiggins succeeds Joan Ryan, who resigned in February to accept the CFO position at Sirva, Inc.

Tellabs (NASDAQ: TLAB) provides innovative bandwidth management solutions to help carriers around the world move communications most efficiently and effectively. The world communicates through Tellabs™ — most telephone calls and Internet sessions in the United States and many other countries flow through the company’s equipment. Tellabs employee-owners develop and deploy solutions that provide aggregation, grooming and business services in metro/regional networks in more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit tellabs.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Jean Medina
+1.630.798.2509
jean.medina@tellabs.com

INVESTOR CONTACT:
Tom Scottino
+1.630.798.3602
tom.scottino@tellabs.com

 

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