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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 23, 2011


PROVECTUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



Nevada
0-9410
90-0031917
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of  incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)


7327 Oak Ridge Hwy., Knoxville, Tennessee 37931
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(866) 594-5999
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
(a)           The Company held its annual meeting of stockholders on Thursday, June 23, 2011.
 
(b)           At the annual meeting, the Company's stockholders voted on six proposals.  A brief description of and tabulation of votes for each proposal are set forth below.

Proposal 1.  The Company's stockholders elected the following directors for a term of one year.  There were 42,686,322 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
 
 
 Nominee   For    Withheld 
H. Craig Dees, Ph.D.
 
22,624,801
 
3,551,719
Timothy C. Scott, Ph.D.
 
22,585,071
 
3,591,449
Eric A. Wachter, Ph.D.
 
22,614,771
 
3,561,749
Stuart Fuchs
 
22,081,772
 
4,094,748
Kelly M. McMasters, M.D., Ph.D.
 
22,660,919
 
3,515,601


Proposal 2.  The Company did not receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock and 8% convertible preferred stock required to approve and adopt an amendment to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, that the Company is authorized to issue from 150,000,000 to 200,000,000 shares.  Therefore, the proposal was not approved by the Company's stockholders.  There were no broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
51,228,014
 
16,189,513
 
1,445,315


Proposal 3.  The Company's stockholders approved and adopted an amendment to the Company's 2002 Stock Plan, as amended, to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000. There were 42,686,322 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
16,555,958
 
9,386,902
 
233,660


Proposal 4.  The Company's stockholders approved the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. There were 42,686,322 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
16,884,685
 
9,137,127
 
154,708


Proposal 5.  The Company's stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, to hold the Company's advisory vote on compensation of the Company's named executive officers every year.  There were 42,686,322 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
 
 
1-Year
 
2-Years
 
3-Years
 
Abstain
24,379,785
 
1,199,205
 
300,040
 
297,490


 
 

 
 
     Proposal 6.  The Company's stockholders ratified the selection of BDO USA, LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2011. There were no broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
64,474,738
 
3,753,897
 
634,207



 
 

 

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.

Date:  June 29, 2011

                                    PROVECTUS PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.


             By:      /s/ Peter R. Culpepper 
              Peter R. Culpepper
              Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer