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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 10, 2010
MannKind Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   000-50865   13-3607736
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
28903 North Avenue Paine
Valencia, California

(Address of principal executive offices)
  91355
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (661) 775-5300
N/A
(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.
The following is a brief description of each matter voted upon at our Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 10, 2010, as well as the number of votes with respect to each matter.
    Our stockholders elected each of the nine directors nominated by our Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year and until their successors are elected. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows:
             
    Shares   Shares    
Nominee   Voted For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
  | | |
Alfred E. Mann
  36,322,019   466,932   34,367,398
Hakan S. Edstrom
  36,287,481   501,470   34,367,398
Abraham E. Cohen
  36,010,841   778,110   34,367,398
Ronald Consiglio
  36,304,615   484,336   34,367,398
Michael Friedman
  36,218,589   570,362   34,367,398
Kent Kresa
  36,310,025   478,926   34,367,398
David H. MacCallum
  36,305,213   483,738   34,367,398
Henry L. Nordhoff
  36,303,497   485,454   34,367,398
James S. Shannon
  36,311,259   477,692   34,367,398
    Our stockholders approved an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 150,000,000 shares to 200,000,000 shares. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows: shares voted for: 68,036,146; shares voted against: 2,843,800; and shares abstaining: 276,398.
 
    Our stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. The tabulation of votes on this matter was as follows: shares voted for: 69,988,737; shares voted against: 851,649; and shares abstaining: 315,963.

 


 

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  MANNKIND CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.   
    Name:   David Thomson, Ph.D., J.D.   
    Title:   Corporate Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 
Dated: June 15, 2010