Form 8-K

 

 

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): May 15, 2012

 

 

OraSure Technologies, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-16537   36-4370966

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

220 East First Street

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

  18015-1360
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 610-882-1820

 

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


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

The following is a summary of the items considered by stockholders and the corresponding voting results at the OraSure Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 15, 2012:

Item 1 – Election of Class III Directors for Terms Expiring at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 

Nominee

   Votes For      Votes
Withheld
     Broker
Non-Votes
 

Michael Celano

     34,979,229         1,471,667         8,565,422   

Douglas A. Michels

     34,813,668         1,637,228         8,565,422   

Charles W. Patrick

     34,987,129         1,463,767         8,565,422   

Item 2 – Ratification of Appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2012.

 

Votes For

   Votes
Against
     Abstentions  
44,559,964      433,429         22,925   

Item 3 – Non-Binding Advisory Resolution Approving Executive Compensation.

 

Votes For

   Votes
Against
     Abstentions      Broker
Non-Votes
 
30,815,374      5,601,807         33,715         8,565,422   

Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 15, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the results of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Blood Products Advisory Committee review of the Company’s application for premarket approval of its OraQuick® In-Home HIV test for sale in the U.S. consumer or over-the-counter market. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99    Press Release, dated May 15, 2012, announcing the results of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Blood Products Advisory Committee review of the Company’s application for premarket approval of its OraQuick® In-Home HIV test for sale in the U.S. consumer or over-the-counter market.


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

    ORASURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: May 16, 2012     By:  

/s/ Jack E. Jerrett

      Jack E. Jerrett
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary


Index to Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99    Press Release, dated May 15, 2012, announcing the results of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Blood Products Advisory Committee review of the Company’s application for premarket approval of its OraQuick® In-Home HIV test for sale in the U.S. consumer or over-the-counter market.