Form 8-K/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2013

 

 

ALERE INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-16789   04-3565120

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(781) 647-3900

(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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Explanatory Note

Alere Inc. (the “Company”) hereby amends its Current Report on Form 8-K, event date August 7, 2013, announcing the preliminary results of the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on August 7, 2013 (“2013 Annual Meeting”), in order to provide the final voting results of the 2013 Annual Meeting.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On August 19, 2013, the 2013 Annual Meeting was reconvened solely to receive the final tabulation of the votes cast at the meeting, as certified by IVS Associates, Inc., the independent inspector of elections for the 2013 Annual Meeting. The final voting results from the 2013 Annual Meeting are provided below. Four directors were elected, and each other matter submitted to stockholders was approved.

1. Election of Directors. Each of the following four director nominees were elected by a plurality of votes as directors for terms expiring at the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor has been duly elected or appointed: Hakan Bjorklund, Stephen P. MacMillan, Brian A. Markison and Thomas McKillop.

 

Director Nominee

  

Votes For

    

Votes Withheld

    

Broker Non-Votes

 

Hakan Bjorklund

     67,019,181         3,143,380         1,300,556   

Stephen P. MacMillan

     35,782,157         223,258         1,300,556   

Brian A. Markison

     35,777,658         227,757         1,300,556   

Thomas McKillop

     35,516,873         488,542         1,300,556   

Theodore E. Martin (dissident nominee)

     34,098,242         58,904         0   

Curt R. Hartman (dissident nominee)

     32,121,406         2,035,740         0   

Jerome J. Lande (dissident nominee)

     30,540,255         3,616,891         0   

2. Approval of increase to the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Alere Inc. 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan by 2,000,000, from 5,153,663 to 7,153,663.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

62,212,621    6,879,332    1,070,518    1,300,646

3. Approval of option grants to certain executives.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

65,818,024    2,967,330    1,377,117    1,300,646

4. Approval of an increase to the number of shares of common stock available for issuance under the Alere Inc. 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by 1,000,000, from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

67,924,876    1,166,199    1,071,486    1,300,556


5. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

70,252,353    233,638    977,126    0

6. Advisory vote on executive compensation.

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

  

Broker Non-Votes

67,612,633    1,267,490    1,282,438    1,300,556


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.

 

    ALERE INC.
Date: August 19, 2013     By:  

  /s/ Ellen Chiniara

      Ellen Chiniara
      Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary