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FORM 8-K/A
 
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 18, 2010                                                                                                                     

Presidential Life Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
000-05486
13-2652144
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)

69 Lydecker Street
Nyack, New York 10960

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (845) 358-2300
 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Explanatory Note

This Form 8-K/A is filed as an amendment (“Amendment No. 1”) to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Presidential Life Corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2010 (the “Form 8-K”).  Amendment No. 1 is being filed to supersede and replace the Form 8-K to correct a typographical error in the signature block. No other changes are being made by this Amendment No. 1.

Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On August 18, 2010, the Company held its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2010 Annual Meeting”).  A total of 26,333,368 shares of common stock were present or represented by proxy at the 2010 Annual Meeting, representing 89.04% of the issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting.

On August 19, 2010, the independent inspector of elections for the 2010 Annual Meeting delivered its preliminary results, which reported that the eight nominees listed below were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors.  Herbert Kurz, who had filed definitive proxy materials to nominate eight directors, attended the meeting but did not put forth his nominees.  These results are only preliminary and are subject to change.

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors.  The preliminary results were as follows:

Board of Directors Nominees
For
Withheld
     
Donald L. Barnes
15,005,309
303,738
William A. DeMilt
15,006,947
302,100
W. Thomas Knight
15,006,947
302,100
John D. McMahon
15,006,947
302,100
Lawrence Read
15,006,947
302,100
Lawrence Rivkin
15,006,647
302,400
Stanley Rubin
15,006,947
302,100
William M. Trust Jr.
15,005,309
303,738

Proposal 2 — Ratification of the appointment of BDO Seidman LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010. The preliminary results were as follows:

For
Against
Abstain
26,217,805
18,235
97,328

For more information on the 2010 Annual Meeting and the foregoing proposals, see the Company’s proxy statement dated July 2, 2010.

The preliminary voting results disclosed above are not final.  The Company will file an amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K to disclose the final voting results of the 2010 Annual Meeting.
 
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Item 8.01    Other Events

On August 18, 2010, the Company issued a press release regarding the preliminary voting results of the 2010 Annual Meeting.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 
(d)
Exhibits

99.1           Press Release titled “Presidential Life Announces Preliminary Annual Meeting Voting Results,” issued by Presidential Life Corporation on August 18, 2010.
 
 
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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.
 
 
PRESIDENTIAL LIFE CORPORATION
 
       
Date:  August 20, 2010
By:
/s/ Donald L. Barnes
 
    Name: Donald L. Barnes  
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer  
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

99.1
Press Release titled “Presidential Life Announces Preliminary Annual Meeting Voting Results,” issued by Presidential Life Corporation on August 18, 2010.
 
 
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