17. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Matters

From time to time, the Company is subject to or otherwise involved in various lawsuits, claims, investigations and legal proceedings that arise out of or are incidental to the conduct of our business (collectively, “Legal Matters”), including those relating to employment matters, patent rights, regulatory compliance matters, stockholder claims, and contractual and other commercial disputes. Such Legal Matters, even if not meritorious, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. Additionally, an unfavorable outcome in a legal matter, including in a patent dispute, could require the Company to pay damages, entitle claimants to other relief, such as royalties, or could prevent the Company from selling some of its products in certain jurisdictions. The Company records an accrual for any Legal Matters that arise whenever it considers that it is probable that it is exposed to a loss contingency and the amount of the loss contingency can be reasonably estimated. Although the ultimate disposition of asserted claims cannot be predicted with certainty, it is our belief that the outcome of any such claims, either individually or on a combined basis, will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position.

As disclosed in Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on May 20, 2025, we identified errors in our previously issued financial statements related to the historical accounting for certain inventory and cost of goods sold transactions (“Adjustment”). The affected periods included the annual periods ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 and the interim periods ended March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024 and September 30, 2024. In connection with the identification of the Adjustment, the Audit Committee oversaw an internal investigation into the circumstances surrounding the Adjustment and its impact on the Company’s historical financial statements. Based on the findings of the internal investigation, it was determined that the underlying errors giving rise to the Adjustment were not properly addressed in the Company’s previously filed financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and were not communicated to the Audit Committee or the independent auditors prior to the filing of the initial Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company has taken certain remedial actions to address the material weaknesses in its internal controls associated with these findings. As previously disclosed, on August 4, 2025, the Company received a letter from the Atlanta regional office of the SEC in connection with a non-public, fact-finding inquiry, requesting that we voluntarily provide information regarding the internal investigation. The Company responded to the SEC and, on June 22, 2026, the SEC staff sent a letter to the Company stating that the SEC staff had concluded its investigation as to the Company and based on the information to date, the SEC staff did not intend to move forward with an enforcement action against the Company.

DPLTA Appraisal Proceedings

In addition to such Legal Matters, the Company is a party to appraisal proceedings relating to the DPLTA which were originally filed with the Landgericht Meiningen (Meiningen District Court) on February 3, 2023. The DPLTA provides that Adtran Networks shareholders (other than the Company) be offered, at their election, (i) to put their Adtran Networks shares to the Company in exchange for compensation in cash of €17.21 per share, plus guaranteed interest or (ii) to remain Adtran Networks shareholders and receive recurring cash compensation of €0.52 per share for each full fiscal year of Adtran Networks. The appraisal proceedings, which were initiated by certain minority shareholders of Adtran Networks, challenge the adequacy of both forms of compensation. While the Company believes that the compensation offered in connection with the DPLTA is fair, it notes that German courts often adjudicate increases of the cash compensation to plaintiffs in varying amounts in connection with German appraisal proceedings. Therefore, the Company cannot rule out that the first instance court or an appellate court may increase the cash compensation owed to the minority Adtran Networks shareholders. Given the stage of the appraisal proceedings, the Company is currently unable to predict the likely outcome or estimate the potential financial impact, if any, of the appraisal proceedings. If a ruling were to occur and be upheld upon appeal that required the Company to pay significant additional cash compensation to the Adtran Networks minority shareholders, there exists the possibility of a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations for the period in which the ruling occurs or future periods.

DPLTA Exit and Recurring Compensation Costs and the Absorption of Adtran Network's Annual Net Loss

Pursuant to the terms of the DPLTA, each Adtran Networks shareholder (other than the Company) has received an offer to elect either (1) to remain an Adtran Networks shareholder and receive from us an Annual Recurring Compensation payment, or (2) to receive Exit Compensation plus guaranteed interest. The guaranteed interest under the Exit Compensation is calculated from the effective date of the DPLTA to the date the shares are tendered, less any Annual Recurring Compensation paid. The guaranteed interest rate is 5.0% plus a variable component (according to the German Civil Code) that was 1.27% as of June 30, 2026. Assuming all the minority holders of currently outstanding Adtran Networks shares were to elect the second option, the Company would be obligated to make aggregate Exit Compensation payments, including guaranteed interest, of approximately €292.6 million or $334.2 million, based on an exchange rate as of June 30, 2026, and reflecting interest accrued through June 30, 2026, during the pendency of the appraisal proceedings discussed below. Shareholders electing the first option of Annual Recurring Compensation may later elect the second option. The opportunity for outside Adtran Networks shareholders to tender Adtran Networks shares in exchange for Exit Compensation had been scheduled to expire on March 16, 2023. However, due to the appraisal proceedings that were initiated in 2023 in accordance with applicable German law, this time period for tendering shares has been extended pursuant to the German Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz) and will end two months after the date on which a final decision in such appraisal proceedings has been published in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger). Following the effective date of the DPLTA on January 16, 2023, certain Adtran Networks shareholders filed lawsuits against the Company in the Regional Court Meiningen, Germany challenging the Exit Compensation offered under the DPLTA. The Regional Court Meiningen has not yet ruled on the shareholders' claims. After the Regional Court Meiningen issues an opinion, an appeal is likely to follow, and thus the Company does not anticipate a final decision on the shareholders' claims until late 2027 or 2028.

Our obligation to pay Annual Recurring Compensation under the DPLTA is a continuing payment obligation, which will amount to approximately €7.6 million (or $8.7 million based on the exchange rate) per year assuming none of the minority Adtran Networks shareholders were to elect Exit Compensation. The foregoing amounts do not reflect any potential increase in payment obligations that we may have depending on the outcome of ongoing appraisal proceedings in Germany. The Annual Recurring Compensation is due on the third banking day following the ordinary general shareholders’ meeting of Adtran Networks for the respective preceding fiscal year (but in any event within eight months following expiration of the fiscal year). With respect to the 2025 fiscal year, Adtran Networks’ ordinary general shareholders’ meeting occurred on June 15, 2026 and, therefore, the Annual Recurring Compensation was paid after the ordinary general shareholders’ meeting in the amount of $8.9 million. During the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, we accrued $2.1 million and $2.4 million, respectively, in Annual Recurring Compensation. During the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, we accrued $4.3 million and $4.8 million, respectively, in Annual Recurring Compensation, which was reflected as an increase to retained deficit.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, approximately 0.4 million shares and 0.6 million shares, respectively, of Adtran Networks stock were tendered to the Company. This resulted in total Exit Compensation payments of approximately €11.7 million, or $13.8 million based on the applicable exchange rates at the time of the transactions, being paid to Adtran Networks shareholders. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, approximately 0.9 million shares, of Adtran Networks stock were tendered to the Company. This resulted in total Exit Compensation payments of approximately €16.9 million, or $19.4 million based on the applicable exchange rates at the time of the transactions, being paid to Adtran Networks shareholders.

In addition, under the DPLTA, subject to certain limitations pursuant to applicable law and the specific terms of the DPLTA, (i) the Company is entitled to issue binding instructions to the management board of Adtran Networks, (ii) Adtran Networks will transfer its annual profit to the Company, subject to, among other things, the creation or dissolution of certain reserves, and (iii) the Company will absorb the annual net loss incurred by Adtran Networks. The Company’s payment obligation in satisfaction of the requirement that it absorb Adtran Networks’ annual net loss applies to the net loss generated by Adtran Networks in 2025, and it will apply to any net loss generated by Adtran Networks in 2026.

Performance Bonds

Certain contracts, customers and jurisdictions in which we do business require us to provide various guarantees of performance such as bid bonds, performance bonds and customs bonds. As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, we had commitments related to these bonds totaling $23.3 million and $22.4 million, respectively, which expire at various dates through October 2029. In general, we would only be liable for the amount of these guarantees in the event of default under each contract, the probability of which we believe is remote.

Purchase Obligations

The Company purchases components from a variety of suppliers and uses contract manufacturers to provide manufacturing services for our products. Our inventory purchase obligations are for product manufacturing requirements, as well as for commitments to suppliers to secure manufacturing capacity. Certain of our inventory purchase obligations with contract manufacturers and suppliers relate to arrangements to secure supply and pricing for certain product components for multi-year periods. As of June 30, 2026, purchase obligations totaled $232.0 million.

Tariff Refund

On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling striking down certain tariffs previously imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA"). The ultimate availability, timing, and amount of any potential refunds of such tariffs remain highly uncertain and are subject to further legal, regulatory, and administrative developments. Moreover, following the Supreme Court’s decision, the U.S. presidential administration invoked Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 to impose new tariffs of 10% on imports from all countries, in addition to any existing non-IEEPA tariffs (including tariffs on semiconductors, which are expected to increase in June 2027), and also amended tariffs on imports of copper, steel and aluminum previously imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, effective April 6, 2026, to apply differentiated tariff rates based on metal content and the use of U.S.-origin metal inputs. By its terms, the Section 122 tariff expired on July 24, 2026. On July 23, 2026, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ("USTR") announced a final action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 imposing additional ad valorem tariffs of 10% or 12.5% on most goods imported from approximately 60 foreign trading partners, which together account for nearly all U.S. import trade.

The Company has concluded that the potential refund of IEEPA tariffs should be evaluated under a loss recovery model pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 410‑30. The tariffs at issue were previously capitalized to inventory and subsequently expensed through cost of goods sold. Accordingly, any refund represents a recovery of previously recognized costs, and recognition is limited to amounts previously recorded.

Under the loss recovery model, an asset for recovery may be recognized only when receipt is considered probable, as defined under ASC 450‑20. While the Supreme Court ruling establishes a legal basis for recovery, material uncertainty remains regarding the administrative process required to obtain refunds. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") system became operational on April 20, 2026.

Given the lack of clarity surrounding refund execution to determine expected recovery amount, the Company has concluded that recovery of the IEEPA tariffs is not probable as of the reporting date. Accordingly, no refund receivable has been recognized. Management will continue to monitor developments, including CBP implementation milestones, formal guidance on claim submission, and claim acceptance processes.

Additionally, Adtran may owe money to customers depending on final assessments of contractual or implicit passthrough obligations. The Company will continue to monitor developments related to both refund recoverability and customer refund considerations and will update its accounting conclusions in future periods as facts and circumstances evolve.

401(k) Plan Corrective Action

In June 2024, the Company identified that within our Adtran, Inc. 401(k) plan for the year ended 2023, that deferrals and matching contributions should have been applied to vested equity award amounts in accordance with the plan documents. As such, we filed a voluntary correction program (“VCP”) application with the IRS and in May 2026, the Company received a compliance statement from the IRS approving a retroactive amendment to correct the matter and modify administrative procedures, and in June 2026, the Company executed the retroactive amendment. Based on this resolution, the Company reversed $1.4 million of amounts previously accrued related to the VCP in June 2026.