t72149_8k.htm
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):  December 8, 2011

Aceto Corporation
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


New York
000-04217
11-1720520
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


4 Tri Harbor Court, Port Washington, NY 11050
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (516) 627-6000

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.

On December 8, 2011, Aceto Corporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”).  The matters voted on at the Meeting were:  the election of directors, approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation, the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation and the ratification of the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The final voting results were as follows:

  1.
The election of nominees Albert L. Eilender, Robert A. Wiesen, Hans C. Noetzli, William N. Britton, Richard P. Randall, Salvatore Guccione and Natasha Giordano as directors of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall be elected.
     
   
The votes were cast for this matter as follows:
 
 
 
 
FOR
 
 
WITHHELD
 
 
BROKER NON-VOTES
Albert L. Eilender
 9,735,665
5,425,410
7,268,897
Robert A. Wiesen
 6,605,736
8,555,339
7,268,897
Hans C. Noetzli
 9,668,814
5,492,261
7,268,897
William N. Britton
 9,675,729
  5,485,346
7,268,897
Richard P. Randall
 9,232,948
5,928,127
7,268,897
Salvatore Guccione
Natasha Giordano
13,031,172
14,691,507
2,129,903
  469,568
7,268,897
7,268,897
 
 
 
Each nominee was elected a director of the Company.

  2.  
The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, executive compensation was approved based upon the following votes:
 
FOR
 AGAINST
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
       
13,116,007
 727,434
   1,317,634
7,268,897
 
 
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  3.
The proposal on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation received the following votes:
 
1 YEAR
2 YEARS
3 YEARS
ABSTAIN
BROKER NON-VOTES
         
 
9,089,725
3,347,682
1,481,835
1,241,833
7,268,897

  Based upon the results set forth above, the Board of Directors has determined that advisory votes on executive compensation will be submitted to shareholders on an annual basis until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive compensation, which will occur no later than our 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
     
  4.
The proposal to ratify the appointment of  BDO USA, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2012 was approved based upon the following votes:

 
 
FOR
 AGAINST
ABSTAIN
     
22,209,237 150,885
69,850
 
 
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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.
 
  ACETO CORPORATION  
       
Date: December 12, 2011
By:
/s/ Albert L. Eilender  
    Albert L. Eilender  
    Chairman of the Board and  
   
Chief Executive Officer
  
 
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