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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): June 7, 2012


Anika Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (781) 457-9000

N/A
 (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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Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 7, 2012. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 25, 2012, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There was no solicitation in opposition to the Company’s solicitation. At the Annual Meeting, holders of the Company’s common stock were asked:

A total of 12,110,903 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 88% of the voting power of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of the Company’s common stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders, and the voting results reported below are final.

PROPOSAL 1

Each of the Company’s nominees for director as listed in the proxy statement was re-elected as shown in the table below:  

PROPOSAL 2

Stockholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year as shown in the table below: 

PROPOSAL 3

Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion set forth in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting as shown in the table below:

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.