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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
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 3, 2011
 
CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Illinois
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
0-23115
36-2848943
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
22160 N. Pepper Road       Lake Barrington, Illinois
60010
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (847) 382-1000
 
                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
 
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of CTI Industries Corporation (the “Company”) was held on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Savings Time at the corporate headquarters of the Company located at 22160 N. Pepper Road, Lake Barrington, Illinois.

The following actions were submitted and approved by a vote of the stockholders of the Company:
 
 
1.
Election of seven directors; and

 
2.
Ratification of the Board’s selection of Blackman Kallick, L.L.P. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for 2011.
 
Stockholders of record at the close of business on April 8, 2011 were entitled to vote. A total of 2,794,791 shares were represented by proxy or in person at the Annual Meeting, which constituted 89.06% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock.  These shares were voted on the matters presented at the Annual Meeting as follows:
 
1.
For the election of directors:
 
 
Name
  
For
    
Against
    
Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes
  
                   
John H. Schwan
     1,870,883       23,070       900,838  
                         
Howard W. Schwan
     1,870,008       23,945       900,838  
                         
Stephen M. Merrick
     1,872,833       21,120       900,838  
                         
Stanley M. Brown
     1,888,208       5,745       900,838  
                         
Bret Tayne
     1,889,103       4,850       900,838  
                         
John I. Collins
     1,887,103       6,850       900,838  
                         
Phil Roos
     1,889,093       4,860       900,838  
                         

2.
Ratification of the Board of Directors selection of Blackman Kallick, L.L.P. as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for 2011.

   
For
    
Against
    
Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes
  
                   
      2,784,037       3,812       6,942  

 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, CTI Industries Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Lake Barrington, Illinois, June 7, 2011.
 
 
CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
  
       
 
By:
/s/ Stephen M. Merrick  
   
Stephen M. Merrick
  
   
Chief Financial Officer
  

 
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