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): June 7, 2012


Anika Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts

000-21326

04-3145961

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

32 Wiggins Avenue

Bedford, Massachusetts

01730

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (781) 457-9000

N/A
 (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 Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 7, 2012. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company’s proxy statement filed on April 25, 2012, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There was no solicitation in opposition to the Company’s solicitation. At the Annual Meeting, holders of the Company’s common stock were asked:

  1. To elect two (2) Class I directors nominated by the Board of Directors, each to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;
2. To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year; and
3. To consider and approve an advisory vote regarding the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.

A total of 12,110,903 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, representing approximately 88% of the voting power of the Company entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of the Company’s common stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders, and the voting results reported below are final.

PROPOSAL 1

Each of the Company’s nominees for director as listed in the proxy statement was re-elected as shown in the table below:  

Nominee Votes “For” Votes Withheld Broker

Non-Votes

Joseph L. Bower 7,258,978 261,839 4,590,086
Jeffery S. Thompson 7,258,751 262,066 4,590,086

PROPOSAL 2

Stockholders also ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year as shown in the table below: 

For Against Abstained Broker

Non-Votes

11,587,877 517,893 5,133 0


PROPOSAL 3

Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion set forth in the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting as shown in the table below:

For Against Abstained Broker

Non-Votes

7,319,354 155,925 45,538 4,590,086




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.

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

 
Date: June 11, 2012

By:

/s/ Kevin W. Quinlan

Name:

Kevin W. Quinlan

Title:

Chief Financial Officer