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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) March 17, 2011


Hurco Companies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter
     
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
     
0-9143
  
35-1150732
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
One Technology Way
    
Indianapolis, Indiana
  
46268
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip code)
     
(317) 293-5309
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
     
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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

Hurco Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March 17, 2011. The shareholders:

 
·
elected all eight of the Company’s nominees for director to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders;
 
·
approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers described in the proxy statement;
 
·
recommended, on an advisory basis, that future shareholder say-on-pay votes should be solicited every year; and
 
·
appointed Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2011.

Shares were voted on these proposals as follows:

Election of Directors:
  
Number of Votes FOR
  
Number of Votes WITHHELD
  
Non-Votes
  
Abstentions
                 
  Stephen H. Cooper
  
4,405,436
  
23,530
  
1,257,650
  
-
  Robert W. Cruickshank
  
4,361,096
  
67,874
  
1,257,650
  
-
  Michael Doar
  
4,362,439
  
66,527
  
1,257,650
  
-
  Philip James
  
4,412,788
  
16,178
  
1,257,650
  
-
  Michael P. Mazza
  
4,412,222
  
16,744
  
1,257,650
  
-
  Richard T. Niner
  
4,363,909
  
65,057
  
1,257,650
  
-
  Charlie Rentschler
  
4,362,518
  
66,448
  
1,257,650
  
-
  Janaki Sivanesan
  
4,405,240
  
23,726
  
1,257,650
  
-
                 
Advisory vote on executive compensation:

For
Against
Abstentions
Non-votes
4,376,124
38,411
14,431
1,257,650


Advisory vote to determine future advisory shareholder votes on executive compensation:

1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstentions
Non-votes
2,516,701
139,488
1,754,737
17,040
1,258,650

   
Number of Votes FOR
  
Number of Votes WITHHELD
  
Non-Votes
  
Abstentions
                 
Appointment of public accounting firm:
  
5,649,558
  
25,555
  
-
  
     11,503

 
 
 
 
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.


 
Dated:  March 18, 2011
     
 
HURCO COMPANIES, INC
     
     
     
 
By:
/s/John G. Oblazney
   
John G. Oblazney,
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer