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ADTRAN Holdings Executive Compensation (FY25)

Name: ADTRAN Holdings (ADTN) executive compensation
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ADTN · Huntsville, AL · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2022 to 2025

Chief executive, fiscal 2025

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Thomas Stanton

Latest say-on-pay support

May 13, 2026

Chief executive pay ratio

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To the median employee

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Data as of October 19, 2026Latest filing (8-K): May 18, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

Answers drawn from the data on this page.

Who is ADTRAN Holdings' chief executive and what were they paid?

Total compensation for Thomas Stanton, Chief Executive Officer, came to $7,683,726 in fiscal 2025. Stanton's total moved 93.4% higher from the $3,973,485 reported for fiscal 2024.

What was ADTRAN Holdings' say-on-pay result?

For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 94.2% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held May 13, 2026.

Which companies are in ADTRAN Holdings' peer group?

Companies named in the disclosed peer group include Calix, Inc., Casa Systems, Inc., Ciena Corporation, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and Extreme Networks, Inc., among others.

What is ADTRAN Holdings' chief executive pay ratio?

For fiscal 2025, the company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 85:1, against median employee compensation of $90,692.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.

Fiscal 2022

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Thomas Stanton Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	— not reconciled
Michael Foliano Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Ronald Centis Senior Vice President of Operations	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Raymond Harris Chief Information Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Wilson Jr. Chief Revenue Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Christoph Glingener Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2023

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Thomas Stanton Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
James Wilson Jr. Chief Revenue Officer	◇	—	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	◇
Ulrich Dopfer Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Christoph Glingener Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇
Michael Foliano Former Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary Departed during or after this year	◇	—	—	—	—	—	◇	◇

Fiscal 2024

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Thomas Stanton Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Ulrich Dopfer Former Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Christoph Glingener Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Wilson Jr. Chief Revenue Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Salary	Bonus	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
Thomas Stanton Chief Executive Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Timothy Santo Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
Christoph Glingener Chief Technology Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	◇	◇
James Wilson Jr. Chief Revenue Officer	◇	—	◇	—	◇	—	—	◇
Ulrich Dopfer Former Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer Departed during or after this year	◇	—	◇	—	—	—	◇	◇

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.

Fiscal 2025

Officer	Award	Grant date	Threshold units	Target units	Units granted	Maximum units	Exercise price	Grant date fair value
Christoph Glingener	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Christoph Glingener	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
James D. Wilson Jr	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
James D. Wilson Jr	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Thomas R. Stanton	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Thomas R. Stanton	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Thomas R. Stanton	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Timothy Santo	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Timothy Santo	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇
Ulrich Dopfer	PSU	◇	◇	◇	—	◇	—	◇
Ulrich Dopfer	RSU	◇	—	—	◇	—	—	◇

Fiscal 2022, 2023, 2024 are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.

As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end

Officer	Award	Unvested units	Market value of unvested units	Exercise price	Expires
Timothy Santo	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Christoph Glingener	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	Option	◇	—	◇	5/14/2029
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
James Wilson Jr.	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
Thomas Stanton	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
	PSU	◇	◇	—	—
	RSU	◇	◇	—	—
Ulrich Dopfer	RSU	◇	◇	—	—

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Severance and change in control

The terms as written in the agreements.

Christoph Glingener

Chief Technology Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Severance cash amount	◇
Equity acceleration on change in control	◇

James Wilson Jr.

Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Severance cash amount

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Thomas Stanton

Chief Executive Officer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Severance multiple	◇
Change-in-control multiple	◇
Benefits continuation on change in control	◇
Benefits continuation	◇
Non-compete period	◇

Timothy Santo

Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Severance cash amount

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Ulrich Dopfer

Former Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer · Terms as described in the company’s compensation discussion · citing a 2026 filing

Equity acceleration on change in control

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Director compensation

What each non-employee director was paid.

Fiscal 2025

Director	Fees earned in cash	Stock awards	Option awards	Non-equity incentive	Pension and deferred earnings	All other compensation	Total
H. Fenwick Huss Board chair · Lead independent director	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Nikos Theodosopoulos	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Jacqueline H. Rice	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Kathryn A. Walker	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Gregory McCray	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇
Balan Nair	◇	◇	—	—	—	—	◇

Thomas R. Stanton served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.

Earlier years are included in the PDF.

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.

Board cash retainer	◇
Lead independent director premium	◇
Audit committee chair	◇
Compensation committee chair	◇
Nominating and governance chair	◇

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Fiscal 2025

Calix, Inc. CALX
Casa Systems, Inc. CASA
Ciena Corporation CIEN
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. CMTL
Extreme Networks, Inc. EXTR
Fabrinet FN
Harmonic Inc. HLIT
Infinera Corporation INFN
Lumentum Holdings Inc. LITE
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. MTSI
Methode Electronics, Inc. MEI
NETGEAR, Inc. NTGR
NetScout Systems, Inc. NTCT
OSI Systems, Inc. OSIS
Ribbon Communications Inc. RBBN
Viavi Solutions Inc. VIAV

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.

Year	Meeting	Support	Votes for	Votes against	Abstentions
2025	May 13, 2026	=	◇	◇	◇
2024	July 24, 2025	=	◇	◇	◇
2023	May 8, 2024	=	◇	◇	◇
2022	May 10, 2023	=	◇	◇	◇
2021	May 11, 2022	=	◇	◇	◇
2020	May 12, 2021	=	◇	◇	◇
2019	May 13, 2020	=	◇	◇	◇
2018	May 8, 2019	=	◇	◇	◇
2017	May 9, 2018	=	◇	◇	◇
2016	May 10, 2017	=	◇	◇	◇

Chief executive pay ratio

As calculated and reported by the company.

Ratio

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Median employee compensation

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Chief executive total compensation

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- Thomas Stanton (Chief Executive Officer), FY2025 total compensation $7,683,726 (base salary $1,022,685) [exec_comp, SEC accession 0001193125-26-127315, filed 2026-03-27]

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252 figures on this page: 242 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.

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Documents cited

8-K, filed May 18, 2026
0001193125-26-228208
DEF 14A, filed March 27, 2026
0001193125-26-127315
2025 Director Compensation · Compensation Discussion and Analysis · Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 202 · Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End · and 1 more section
8-K, filed July 30, 2025
0000950170-25-100222
DEF 14A, filed March 31, 2025
0000950170-25-047713
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 9, 2024
0000950170-24-056830
DEF 14A, filed March 27, 2024
0001193125-24-078306
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 15, 2023
0000950170-23-021860
DEF 14A, filed March 28, 2023
0001193125-23-081606
Summary Compensation Table
8-K, filed May 13, 2022
0000950170-22-009818
8-K, filed May 18, 2021
0001564590-21-028541
8-K, filed May 15, 2020
0001564590-20-025794
8-K, filed May 9, 2019
0001564590-19-017956
8-K, filed May 10, 2018
0001564590-18-012968
8-K, filed May 11, 2017
0001564590-17-010452

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Peers ADTRAN Holdings discloses

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Calix, Inc.Casa Systems, Inc.Ciena Corporation Comtech Telecommunications Corp.Extreme Networks, Inc.Fabrinet Harmonic Inc.Infinera Corporation Lumentum Holdings Inc.MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.Methode Electronics, Inc.NETGEAR, Inc.NetScout Systems, Inc.OSI Systems, Inc.Ribbon Communications Inc.Viavi Solutions Inc.

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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854

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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}

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