form8-ka_081111.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
___________________

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 11, 2011 (August 10, 2011)

HEALTHWAYS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
000-19364
 
62-1117144
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

701 Cool Springs Boulevard
Franklin, Tennessee
 
 
37067
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)


 
(615) 614-4929
 (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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Explanatory Note

On May 26, 2011, Healthways, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) related to the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") held on May 26, 2011. This Form 8-K/A is being filed solely to disclose the Company's decision regarding the frequency of future non-binding, advisory votes on compensation of the Company's named executive officers.


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

As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, a non-binding, advisory vote was taken at the Annual Meeting on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. A majority of the shares cast were in favor of holding such an advisory vote on an annual basis. After considering the preference of the Company's stockholders and other factors, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") determined at a meeting held on August 10, 2011 that the Company will hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of such future advisory votes on executive compensation occurs, or until the Board otherwise determines that a different frequency for such advisory votes is in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company.
 



 
 

 


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.
 
 
HEALTHWAYS, INC.
   
   
 
By:
/s/ Alfred Lumsdaine
   
Alfred Lumsdaine
   
Chief Financial Officer

Date:  August 11, 2011