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): May 21, 2010 (May 20, 2010)
LUMINEX CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| DELAWARE | 000-30109 | 74-2747608 | ||
| (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 12212 TECHNOLOGY BLVD., AUSTIN, TEXAS |
78727 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (512) 219-8020
| N/A |
| (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.
At our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was held on May 20, 2010, our stockholders elected Robert J. Cresci, Thomas W. Erickson and Gerard Vaillant to serve as Class I directors for a term of three years by the following votes:
| Number of Shares | ||||||||||||
| Voted For | Vote Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
Robert J. Cresci |
28,880,778 | 274,723 | 7,031,556 | |||||||||
Thomas W. Erickson |
18,792,422 | 10,363,079 | 7,031,556 | |||||||||
Gerard Vaillant |
28,883,936 | 271,565 | 7,031,556 | |||||||||
The following items were also presented to the stockholders with the following results:
| Number of Shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Broker | ||||||||||||||||
| Voted For | Voted Against | Abstained | Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
To ratify the appointment by the Company’s Audit
Committee of Ernst & Young
LLP as the Company’s
independent registered
public accounting firm for
fiscal 2010 |
35,945,611 | 237,204 | 4,242 | — | ||||||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 21, 2010
LUMINEX CORPORATION
By: /s/ Harriss T.
Currie
Name: Harriss T. Currie
Title: Chief Financial
Officer, Vice President
of Finance