UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): December 6, 2022

INFINERA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-33486	77-0560433
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

6373 San Ignacio Avenue
San Jose,	California	95119
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(408) 572-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	INFN	The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On December 6, 2022, the Board of Directors of Infinera Corporation (the “Company”) approved the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of such date.

Among other things, the Amended and Restated Bylaws update and revise the advance notice procedures for the nomination of directors and the proposal of other business at stockholder meetings, change certain provisions relating to stockholder nominees for election as a director to address the universal proxy rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, clarify certain procedures related to the conduct of stockholder meetings, and reflect various other technical edits, clarifying updates, and ministerial changes, including to account for recent amendments in the Delaware General Corporation Law.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)	Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Infinera Corporation
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

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.

		INFINERA CORPORATION
Date: December 9, 2022	By:	/s/ NANCY ERBA
		Nancy Erba Chief Financial Officer