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):  July 28, 2011

 

EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

441 Charmany Drive
Madison, WI  53719

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (608) 284-5700

 

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 July 28, 2011, Exact Sciences Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The certified results of the matters voted upon at the meeting, which are more fully described in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2011, are as follows:

 

The Company’s stockholders elected the two nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve for three year terms as Class II directors, with the votes cast as follows:

 

Director Name		For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
James P. Connelly		12,845,958		11,243,203		20,930,859
Lionel N. Sterling		15,042,661		9,046,500		20,930,859

 

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, with votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
22,546,592		1,449,542		93,027		20,930,859

 

The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, with votes cast as follows:

 

Every 1 Year		Every 2 Years		Every 3 Years		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
15,319,062		252,910		8,440,982		76,206		20,930,860

 

Based on these voting results, the Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold a stockholder vote on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers every one year until the next advisory vote on the frequency of the executive compensation vote, which will occur no later than the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2011, with votes cast as follows:

 

For		Against		Abstain
44,776,505		93,468		150,047

 

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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.

 

 

		EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Date: July 28, 2011		By:	/s/ Maneesh Arora
			Maneesh Arora
			Senior Vice President and Chief
			Financial Officer

 

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