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

April 29, 2010

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

ALLERGAN, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware   1-10269   95-1622442
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

2525 Dupont Drive

Irvine, California 92612

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(714) 246-4500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

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

Allergan, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 29, 2010 and there were present in person or by proxy 256,751,876 votes, representing 84.42% of the total outstanding eligible votes. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders elected four directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2010, and approved each of the four Company proposals regarding the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, each as more fully described below.

Item No. 1: Election of four Class III directors to serve for three-year terms until the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2013

Directors

     For        Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes

Michael R. Gallagher

   239,288,235      3,846,877      274,293      13,342,472

Gavin S. Herbert

   239,011,524      3,999,056      398,825      13,342,472

Dawn Hudson

   240,334,204      2,834,774      240,427      13,342,472

Stephen J. Ryan, M.D.

   241,189,766      1,968,525      251,114      13,342,472

The following directors continue to serve on the Board of Directors with terms expiring as set forth opposite their names:

 

Continuing Directors

   Term Expires

Deborah Dunsire, M.D.

   2011

Trevor M. Jones, Ph.D.

   2011

Louis J. Lavigne, Jr.

   2011

Leonard D. Schaeffer

   2011

Herbert W. Boyer, Ph.D.

   2012

Robert A. Ingram

   2012

David E.I. Pyott

   2012

Russell T. Ray

   2012

 

     For    Against    Abstain    Broker
Non-Votes

Item No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2010

   254,797,046    1,621,836    332,994    0

Item No. 3: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement to remove directors for cause

   255,907,869    358,865    485,142    0

Item No. 4: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement to approve certain business combinations

   255,451,597    651,939    648,340    0

Item No. 5: Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation to implement a majority vote requirement to amend the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation

   255,644,620    566,598    540,658    0

Item No. 6: Approval of the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation

   255,681,619    501,035    569,222    0


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.

 

    ALLERGAN, INC.
Date:   April 30, 2010     By:   /s/ Matthew J. Maletta
      Name:   Matthew J. Maletta
      Title:   Vice President,
        Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary