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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
 
 
May 4, 2010
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
     
 
 
HESKA CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  
 
Delaware
000-22427
77-0192527
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
3760 Rocky Mountain Avenue
Loveland, Colorado 80538
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  
 
(970) 493-7272
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Not Applicable
(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.
 
We held our annual meeting of stockholders on May 4, 2010.  The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the meeting:
 
a.  
The two nominees for director were elected to serve three-year terms ending in 2013, as follows:
 
Nominee                                                                             For                 Withheld                Broker Non-voted
 
Peter Eio                                                                      28,269,835             9,283,439                      8,305,890
 
G. Irwin Gordon                                                          28,303,638            9,249,636                       8,305,890
 
b.  
By the following vote, the stockholders approved the proposal to adopt a certificate of amendment to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reclassify our common stock and add stock transfer restrictions to preserve value of our tax net operating losses.
 
For:                                        27,893,953
 
Against:                                 9,611,112
 
Abstain:                                      48,209
 
Broker Non-voted:               8,305,890
 
c.  
By the following vote, the stockholders approved the proposal to amend and restate the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, including an increase in the number of shares available under the plan by 500,000 shares.
 
For:                                        35,412,521
 
Against:                                  2,110,929
 
Abstain:                                       29,824
 
Broker Non-voted:                 8,305,890
 
d.  
The appointment of Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC as our independent registered public accountant was ratified by the following stockholder vote:
 
For:                                         45,629,844
 
Against:                                      169,310
 
Abstain:                                        60,010
 
 

 
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.
 

 
HESKA CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
   
Dated:  May 6, 2010
By: /s/  Jason A. Napolitano                                                                         
Jason A. Napolitano
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary