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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, 2011
 
 
 
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, 2011.  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 the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (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
13,370,490
 699,438
1,627,742
       
Julie Smolyansky
13,371,490
 698,438
1,627,742
       
Pol Sikar
13,456,588
 613,340
1,627,742
       
Renzo Bernardi
14,053,733
16,195
1,627,742
       
Gustavo Carlos Valle
13,998,159
71,769
1,627,742
       
Eugene B. Katz
14,046,348
23,580
1,627,742
 

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 2011.  The final voting results were as follows:

 
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
         
Plante & Moran, PLLC
12,191,937
36,639
3,469,094
 0
 
 
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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.
 

 
 
LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.
 
 
 
Dated:   June 22, 2011
By:  
/s/ Edward Smolyansky  
 
   
Edward Smolyansky 
 
   
Chief Financial Officer and Accounting Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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