form8k20100507.htm


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 5, 2010

IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
000-19271
01-0393723
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)
    


One IDEXX Drive, Westbrook, Maine
04092
(Address of principal executive offices)
(ZIP Code)

207.556.0300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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.
   

The 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 5, 2010.  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the following matters:


1.
On the matter of the election of the three Class III directors listed in the proxy statement for three-year terms, the vote was as follows:


Nominees
  
Votes For
  
Votes Withheld
  
Broker Nonvotes
Jonathan W. Ayers
  
46,238,210
  
195,746
  
7,877,741
Robert J. Murray
  
45,716,261
  
717,695
  
7,877,741
Joseph V. Vumbacco
  
46,250,053
  
183,903
  
7,877,741


2.
On the matter of the proposal ratifying the selection by the audit committee of the board of directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year, the vote was as follows:


Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Votes Abstained
  
Broker Nonvotes
54,026,091
  
217,170
  
68,436
  
0



 
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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.


 
IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.
   
   
   
Date: May 7, 2010
By:
/s/ Conan R. Deady
   
Conan R. Deady
   
Corporate Vice President, General Counsel
   
and Secretary



 
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