ALERE INC. (NYSE:ALR) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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ALERE INC. (NYSE:ALR) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.

Alere Inc. (Company) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
(2016 Annual Meeting) on December8, 2016. Set forth below are the
final voting results from the 2016 Annual Meeting. The
shareholders elected nine directors and approved the ratification
of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys
independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year
ending December 31, 2016 and the advisory vote on our executive
compensation.

1. Election of Directors. Each of the following
nine director nominees were elected by a majority of the votes
properly cast at the 2016 Annual Meeting as directors for terms
expiring at the Companys next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
otherwise in accordance with our bylaws: Gregg J. Powers,
Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Carol R. Goldberg, John F. Levy, Brian A.
Markison, Thomas McKillop, John A. Quelch, James Roosevelt and
Namal Nawana.

DirectorNominee

VotesFor VotesAgainst Abstentions BrokerNon-Votes

Gregg J. Powers

71,021,579 1,226,278 29,659 4,395,059

GeoffreyS.Ginsburg

71,037,339 1,208,090 32,087 4,395,059

CarolR.Goldberg

61,309,190 10,927,506 40,820 4,395,059

John F. Levy

65,223,823 5,968,854 1,084,839 4,395,059

BrianA.Markison

56,537,027 12,938,299 2,802,190 4,395,059

Thomas McKillop

65,310,025 5,882,005 1,085,486 4,395,059

John A. Quelch

66,093,209 4,448,868 1,735,439 4,395,059

JamesRoosevelt,Jr.

62,227,762 10,009,379 40,375 4,395,059

Namal Nawana

71,894,357 355,749 27,410 4,395,059

2. Ratification of the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companys independent registered
public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December31,
2016.

VotesFor

VotesAgainst

Abstentions

BrokerNon-Votes

76,518,375 93,358 60,842

3. Advisory vote on executive compensation.

VotesFor

VotesAgainst

Abstentions

BrokerNon-Votes

37,746,456 34,284,610 246,450 4,395,059


About ALERE INC. (NYSE:ALR)

Alere Inc. is a provider of health information through diagnostic tests. The Company’s segments include professional diagnostics, consumer diagnostics, and corporate and other. The professional diagnostics segment includes an array of diagnostic test products and other in vitro diagnostic tests marketed to medical professionals and laboratories for detection of diseases and conditions within its areas of focus. The consumer diagnostics segment consists primarily of manufacturing operations related to its role as the exclusive manufacturer of products for SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics (SPD), its joint venture with The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G). The Company’s professional diagnostic solutions allow patients and their healthcare providers to work together to manage patients’ conditions over the continuum of care, from the hospital to home. The Company offers lines of drugs-of-abuse tests, reagent systems and laboratory testing options.

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ALERE INC. (NYSE:ALR) closed its last trading session down -0.01 at 37.90 with 640,190 shares trading hands.