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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): June 8, 2011
DUSA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
New Jersey
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  001-31533
(Commission File
Number)
  22-3103129
(IRS Employer
Identification
Number)
25 Upton Drive
Wilmington, Massachusetts 01887

(Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)
(978) 657-7500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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):
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o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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ITEM 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
     (a) The Registrant held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 8, 2011.
     (b) Proxies for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act; there was no solicitation in opposition to management’s nominees for directors as listed in the Proxy Statement and all such nominees were elected. The final results of the voting for eight directors for a term until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are set forth below:
Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors
             
    Votes For   Withheld   Broker non-votes
Alfred Altomari
  13,661,216   216,692   0
 
           
David M. Bartash
  13,359,796   518,112   0
 
           
Alexander W. Casdin
  9,863,921   4,013,987   0
 
           
Robert F. Doman
  13,658,064   219,844   0
 
           
Jay M. Haft, Esq.
  13,359,452   518,456   0
 
           
Paul J. Hondros
  13,658,068   219,840   0
 
           
Magnus Moliteus
  13,382,598   495,310   0
 
           
David M. Wurzer, CPA
  13,659,590   218,318   0
     Described below are the other matters voted upon at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the final number of affirmative votes, negative votes, abstentions, broker non-votes and preference related to non-binding advisory votes.
Proposal No. 2 — Approval of amendments to the 2006 Equity Compensation Plan and to ratify the 2011 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan — Approved and ratified
Approval of the Company’s 2011 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan, which is an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2006 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended.
                         
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker non-votes
12,642,263
    1,209,958       25,688       6,511,612  

 


 

Proposal No. 3 — Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — Ratified
Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Registrant for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011.
                         
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker non-votes
20,264,634
    78,630       46,257       0  
Proposal No. 4 — To conduct a “Say-on-Pay” advisory vote on the approval of executive compensation — Approved
The shareholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
                         
Votes For   Votes Against   Abstentions   Broker non-votes
13,751,073
    89,436       37,399       6,511,613  
Proposal No. 5 — To conduct a “Say-When-on-Pay” advisory vote on the approval of the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation — Every Year
The shareholders indicated their preference, on a non-binding advisory basis, to conduct future advisory votes on executive compensation annually.
                                 
Every 1 Year   Every 2 Years   Every 3 Years   Abstentions   Broker non-votes
13,559,075
    94,444       204,313       20,077       6,511,612  

 


 

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.
         
  DUSA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
 
Dated: June 10, 2011  By:   /s/ Robert F. Doman    
       
    Robert F. Doman, President and
Chief Executive Officer