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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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, 2013
               

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

Delaware
0-23047
13-3864870
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

660 Madison Avenue, Suite 1700
New York, New York
(Address of principal executive
offices)
  
 
10065
(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 672-9100
 
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 15, 2013 (the “2013 Annual Meeting”) in New York, New York.  Stockholders representing 45,539,087 shares of common stock, or 87.37% of the shares of common stock outstanding as of the April 1, 2013 record date were present in person or were represented at the meeting by proxy.  The items listed below were submitted to a vote of the stockholders present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the 2013 Annual Meeting.  Final voting results are shown below.
 
(1)  
Election of the following individuals to hold office as directors of the Company for terms of one year.

Number of Shares Voted
Name
For
Withheld
Eric A. Rose, M.D.
25,334,177
1,601,968
     
James J. Antal
26,481,632
454,513
     
Michael J. Bayer
26,427,132
509,013
     
William C. Bevins
23,059,170
3,876,975
     
Thomas E. Constance
26,441,487
494,658
     
Jeffrey B. Kindler
26,512,497
423,648
     
Joseph W. Marshall, III
23,314,251
3,621,894
     
Paul G. Savas
22,787,940
4,148,205
     
Bruce Slovin
23,300,691
3,635,454
     
Andrew Stern
26,490,982
445,163
     
Frances F. Townsend
26,265,172
670,973
     
Michael A. Weiner, M.D.
26,304,174
631,971
     
With respect to each director nominee, there were 18,602,942 Broker Non Votes.


 
 
 
 
 

 
(2)  
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. Our stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Number of Shares Voted
 
  
For
Against
Abstain
  
       
44,817,137
504,054
217,896
  



 
 
 


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.
 
 
                               SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                               By:        /s/ Daniel J. Luckshire 
                               Name:   Daniel J. Luckshire
                               Title:     Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Date:  May 17, 2013