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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): September 15, 2017

CALIX, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-34674
 
68-0438710
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File No.)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
1035 N. McDowell Boulevard, Petaluma, California
 
94954
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(707) 766-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)On September 15, 2017, the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Calix, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kathleen Crusco to the Board as a Class II director, authorizing an increase in the number of directors from nine to ten.

Pursuant to the Company’s director compensation policies, as a non-employee director, Ms. Crusco will receive (i) a $40,000 annual retainer for her service on the Board, pro-rated for the remainder of 2017 and paid in quarterly installments, and (ii) upon her appointment, an automatic initial grant of 26,936 restricted stock units under the Company’s 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan that will vest in full on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the date of grant or the day immediately preceding the date of the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of (i) the Company’s Non-Employee Director Cash Compensation Policy, as amended, which was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 10, 2017; and (ii) the Company’s Non-Employee Director Equity Compensation Policy, which was filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2017.

In connection with Ms. Crusco’s election to the Board, the Company and Ms. Crusco will enter into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement, the form of which was filed with the SEC as Exhibit 10.5 to Amendment No. 6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on March 8, 2010.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Crusco and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Crusco was selected as a director, and Ms. Crusco has no reportable transactions under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

A copy of the Company’s press release, dated September 18, 2017, announcing the appointment of Ms. Crusco is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
 
 
99.1
  
Press Release dated September 18, 2017.

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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:
September 18, 2017
 
 
 
 
CALIX, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Suzanne Tom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Suzanne Tom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VP, General Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit No.
  
Description
 
 
 
  

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