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)

 

Delaware

 

000-32179

 

02-0478229

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

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)

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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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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