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):  June 26, 2012

 

United Therapeutics Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-26301

 

52-1984749

(State or Other

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Jurisdiction of

 

File Number)

 

Identification Number)

Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

1040 Spring Street

 

 

Silver Spring, MD

 

20910

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (301) 608-9292

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

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

 

On June 26, 2012, United Therapeutics Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2012 annual meeting of shareholders.  The Company’s shareholders considered four matters, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2012. The final voting results for the meeting are as follows:

 

1.               The Company’s shareholders elected the following nominees as Class I directors, to serve three-year terms until the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or their office is otherwise vacated, by the votes set forth below:

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martine Rothblatt

 

41,930,408

 

3,767,686

 

3,164,389

 

Louis Sullivan

 

42,978,584

 

2,719,510

 

3,164,389

 

Ray Kurzweil

 

36,250,038

 

9,448,056

 

3,164,389

 

 

2.               The Company’s shareholders approved an advisory resolution on executive compensation by the vote set forth below:

 

Votes for:

 

44,734,163

 

 

 

 

 

Votes against:

 

895,298

 

 

 

 

 

Abstentions:

 

68,633

 

 

 

 

 

Broker non-votes:

 

3,164,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.               The Company’s shareholders approved the United Therapeutics Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan by the vote set forth below:

 

Votes for:

 

44,301,247

 

 

 

 

 

Votes against:

 

1,337,192

 

 

 

 

 

Abstentions:

 

59,655

 

 

 

 

 

Broker non-votes:

 

3,164,389

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.               The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012, by the vote set forth below:

 

Votes for:

 

47,798,690

 

 

 

 

 

Votes against:

 

1,016,814

 

 

 

 

 

Abstentions:

 

46,979

 

 

 

 

 

Broker non-votes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On June 27, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $100 million in common stock.  Shares repurchased under this program will be held in treasury.  The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information contained in Item 7.01 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and Exhibits 99.1 attached hereto, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

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Item 9.01.  Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated June 27, 2012

 

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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.

 

 

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: June 27, 2012

By:

/s/ Paul A. Mahon

 

Name:

Paul A. Mahon

 

Title:

General Counsel

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated June 27, 2012

 

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