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:              March 8, 2006

 

Date of Earliest Event Reported:                    March 8, 2006

 

COMMSCOPE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:           (828) 324-2200

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

CommScope, Inc. (“CommScope”) permits its directors and officers to enter into stock trading plans with respect to CommScope common stock which are intended to qualify for the safe harbor under Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 10b5-1”), provided that such plans comply with CommScope’s applicable guidelines and insider trading policies.

 

On March 8, 2006, Christopher A. Story, Executive Vice President of CommScope, entered into a stock trading plan, intended to qualify for the safe harbor under Rule 10b5-1. Under the plan, Mr. Story authorized the sale of up to 14,700 shares of CommScope common stock owned by Mr. Story, all of which are issuable upon the exercise of stock options. The plan provides for sales of up to specified numbers of shares within specified price ranges, subject to certain limitations. Sales pursuant to this plan may occur from March 22, 2006 through December 12, 2007 and are intended to be disclosed publicly through Form 144 and Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required.

 

Except as may be required by law, CommScope does not undertake to report future stock trading plans by its officers or directors, nor to report modifications, terminations, transactions or other activities under the stock trading plans of Mr. Story or of any other officer or director.

 

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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.

 

Dated: March 8, 2006

 

 

	COMMSCOPE, INC.
	By:	/s/Frank B. Wyatt, II
			Name:	Frank B. Wyatt, II
			Title:	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary