-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, K4JUSW2GCkR53GLjlXgQ3rmMadMGYbYL5gjWkBiP5qAuEAUGLbZ7yyBtcrF5srTD 7ZoN7X3e41OGDqbeA+Q5bg== 0000950123-10-053999.txt : 20100528 0000950123-10-053999.hdr.sgml : 20100528 20100528114029 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-053999 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100526 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20100528 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100528 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000097745 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MEASURING & CONTROLLING DEVICES, NEC [3829] IRS NUMBER: 042209186 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08002 FILM NUMBER: 10865020 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 BUSINESS PHONE: 7816221000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 81 WYMAN ST STREET 2: PO BOX 9046 CITY: WALTHAM STATE: MA ZIP: 02451 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: THERMO ELECTRON CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 b81158e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
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 26, 2010
 
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) 		  1-8002
(Commission File Number) 		  04-2209186
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)
     
81 Wyman Street
Waltham, Massachusetts
(Address of principal executive offices) 		  02451
(Zip Code)
(781) 622-1000
(Registrant’s telephone
number including area code)
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.07.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of stockholders of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 26, 2010. At the annual meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted on the following proposals:
1. To elect the two directors named in the Company’s proxy statement for a three-year term expiring in 2013. Each nominee for director was elected by a vote of the stockholders as follows:
                                 
    For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
Marc N. Casper
     310,704,443       4,944,232       94,763       21,037,854  
 
                                
Tyler Jacks
     300,363,713       15,087,550       292,175       21,037,854  
2. To ratify the selection by the Company’s Audit Committee of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2010. The proposal was approved by a vote of stockholders as follows:
         
For
     327,870,095  
 
        
Against
     8,347,731  
 
        
Abstain
     563,466  

 

 

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 thereunto duly authorized, on this 28th day of May, 2010.
         
  THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Seth H. Hoogasian    
    Seth H. Hoogasian   
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary 		  
 

 

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