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) October 4, 2012
NEOGEN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| MICHIGAN | 0-17988 | 38-2367843 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 620 Lesher Place Lansing, Michigan | 48912 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 517-372-9200
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On October 4, 2012, Neogen Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which meeting 22,151,175 of the 23,750,210 shares outstanding and entitled to vote were present and voted. The matters listed below were submitted to a vote of the shareholders though the solicitation of proxies. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated as of, and filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2012. The voting results are as follows:
Proposal 1 – Election of Directors
| Nominee |
For | Withheld | ||||||
| Lon M. Bohannon |
17,467,803 | 1,188,574 | ||||||
| Richard T. Crowder |
18,010,911 | 645,466 | ||||||
| A. Charles Fischer |
17,661,341 | 995,036 | ||||||
Proposal 2 – To Approve, by Non-Binding Vote, the Compensation of Executives
The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the proxy materials.
| For |
Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | |||||||||
| 17,960,058 |
534,940 | 161,646 | 3,494,788 | |||||||||
Proposal 3 – Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s auditors for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2013.
| For |
Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Vote | |||||||||
| 21,792,134 |
330,272 | 28,758 | 0 | |||||||||
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.
| NEOGEN CORPORATION (Registrant) | ||||
| Date: October 25, 2012 |
/s/ Steven J. Quinlan | |||
| Steven J. Quinlan Vice President & CFO | ||||