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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
 
 
June 2, 2010

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
 
ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
DELAWARE

(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)
 
 
 
 
 1-12273
 51-0263969
   
   
 (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)
 (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
   
   
 6901 PROFESSIONAL PKWY. EAST, SUITE 200, SARASOTA, FLORIDA
 34240
   
 
 
 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
 (ZIP CODE)
 
 
(941) 556-2601

(REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
 
 

(FORMER NAME OR ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
 
 
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Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 2, 2010 in Sarasota, Florida. Of the 93,886,227 shares of common stock outstanding as of record date of April 9, 2010, 79,964,569 shares, or 85.17% of the Company’s capital stock, were present or represented by proxy at the meeting, constituting a quorum. The results of the matters submitted to the stockholders were as follows:

Proposal 1:  Election of three (3) Directors.

Each of the directors identified below elected at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was elected for a term expiring at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Continuing directors whose terms expire at either the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are as follows: Robert D. Johnson (2012), Robert E. Knowling, Jr. (2012), Wilbur J. Prezzano (2012), Christopher Wright (2011) and Richard Wallman (2011).


 
Number of Votes
 
 
For
Withheld / Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
David W. Devonshire
74,517,608
1,202,571
4,244,390
John F. Fort III
73,777,808
1,942,371
4,244,390
Brian D. Jellison
73,283,377
2,436,802
4,244,390



Proposal 2:  Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered accounting firm of the Company.

For
79,252,005
Against
699,870
Abstain
12,694
Broker Non-Votes
0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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.
 
       Roper Industries, Inc.        
       (Registrant)        
       
     
     BY:   /s/ David B. Liner        
      David B. Liner,
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  Date: June 7, 2010