Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Tellabs, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Tellabs, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
"Company") as of January 2, 2009, and December 28, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
January 2, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our
audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company at January 2, 2009 and December 28, 2007, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 2, 2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 11, in 2007 the Company changed its method of accounting for uncertain tax positions in connection with the required adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, in 2006 the Company changed its method of accounting for share-based payments in connection with the required adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R).
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of January 2, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 26, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, Illinois
February 26, 2009