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Tellabs Board of Directors names Vincent H. Tobkin chairman of the board

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Tellabs Board of Directors names Vincent H. Tobkin chairman of the board -- NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

NAPERVILLE, Ill., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tellabs Board of Directors has elected Vincent H. Tobkin as chairman of the Board of Directors of Tellabs. He succeeds Michael J. Birck , Tellabs' co-founder and chairman, who retired effective as of the end of the Annual Stockholder Meeting today.

Tobkinhas served as a Tellabs director since 2010. He was a senior advisor, retired director and global telecom/technology practice leader of Bain & Company from 1992 to 2009, general partner and founder of Sierra Ventures from 1984 to 1992, and a partner and consultant with McKinsey and Company from 1976 to 1984. A photo of Tobkin is available [ here ].

At the Tellabs Annual Stockholder Meeting, stockholders elected Class III directors Alex Mashinsky , Gregory J. Rossmann , Vincent H. Tobkin and Mikel H. Williams to serve as Tellabs directors through 2016. Mashinsky is a [ new Tellabs director ]. Biographies of Tellabs directors are available [ here ].

A proposal to declassify the Tellabs Board did not gain sufficient votes to pass.

Stockholders:

• Approved, on an advisory basis, Tellabs' named executive officer compensation.
• Reapproved performance criteria for compensation under Tellabs' Amended & Restated 2004 Incentive Compensation Plan.
• Ratified Ernst & Young as Tellabs' independent auditor for 2013.

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