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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 17, 2010
 
 
 
LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
         
ILLINOIS
 
0-17363
 
36-3442829
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
         
6431 West Oakton St. Morton Grove, IL
 
60053
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 967-1010

N/A
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 

 
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)
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 17, 2010.  Proxies for the meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  There was no solicitation of proxies in opposition to management’s nominees as listed in the proxy statement and all six (6) of management’s nominees were elected to our Board of Directors.  Details of the voting are provided below.

Proposal 1 – Election of Directors

The Company’s Shareholders elected six (6) members of the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (or until successors are elected or directors resign or are removed).  The final voting results were as follows:

Director
For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
       
Ludmila Smolyansky
13,332,541
873,506
2,078,366
       
Julie Smolyansky
13,333,241
872,806
2,078,366
       
Pol Sikar
13,470,536
735,511
2,078,366
       
Renzo Bernardi
13,370,683
835,364
2,078,366
       
Gustavo Carlos Valle
13,343,601
862,446
2,078,366
       
Julie Oberweis
13,472,537
733,510
2,078,366
 

Proposal 2 – Auditor Ratification

The Company’s Shareholders ratified the Board of Director’s appointment of Plante & Moran, PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010.  The final voting results were as follows:

  For Against Abstain
       
Plante & Moran, PLLC
16,256,311
16,271
11,811
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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:  August 18, 2010
         
 
LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.
 
 
 
 
By:  
 /s/ Edward Smolyansky
 
   
Edward Smolyansky 
 
   
Chief Financial and Accounting Officer and Treasurer