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): January 21, 2016

 

LANNETT COMPANY, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Commission File No. 001-31298

 

State of Delaware

 

23-0787699

(State of Incorporation)

 

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

 

9000 State Road

Philadelphia, PA 19136

(215) 333-9000

(Address of principal executive offices and telephone number)

 

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):

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“the Annual Meeting”) of Lannett Company, Inc. (the “Company”) held on January 21, 2016, three proposals were voted on by the Company’s stockholders.  The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on December 8, 2015 in connection with the Annual Meeting.  A brief description of the proposals and the final results of the votes for these matters are as follows:

 

1.              The stockholders elected all six director nominees to serve as members of the Company’s board of directors until the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified.

 

The number of votes cast for or withheld, for each nominee, was as follows:

 

 

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey Farber

 

21,506,219

 

820,602

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur P. Bedrosian

 

21,927,690

 

399,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Drabik

 

21,875,113

 

451,708

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Taveira

 

21,891,995

 

434,826

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Maher

 

21,893,532

 

433,289

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albert Paonessa, III

 

21,958,774

 

368,047

 

 

2.              The stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP as independent auditors. The number of votes cast for, against, or abstained was as follows:

 

Votes For:  31,862,355

 

Votes Against:  162,378

 

Abstain:  117,633

 

3.              The stockholders ratified Article XI of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws designating the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the exclusive forum for certain legal action.  The number of votes cast for, against, or abstained was as follows:

 

Votes For:  16,532,469

 

Votes Against:  5,730,910

 

Abstain:  63,442

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

LANNETT COMPANY, INC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Arthur P. Bedrosian

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: January 25, 2016

 

 

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