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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  May 15, 2013

POLYPORE INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(704) 587-8409

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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:

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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Polypore International, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 15, 2013:

·                  Charles L. Cooney, David A. Roberts and Robert B. Toth were reelected to Class III of the Board of Directors of the Company, each for a term of three years. The other members of the Board of Directors are Michael Graff, Christopher J. Kearney, William Dries, Frederick C. Flynn, Jr. and Michael J. Chesser.

·                  The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year was ratified.

·                  A resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was adopted on an advisory basis.

The following table provides the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each applicable matter voted upon.

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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.

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