IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. (NASDAQ:IDXX) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal YearItem 5.03
Effective December 6, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”) amended and restated the Company’s bylaws (as so amended and restated, the “Amended Bylaws”) to implement proxy access. The Amended Bylaws include a new Section 2.8 that permits a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of the Company’s outstanding common stock continuously for at least three years to nominate and include in the Company’s annual meeting proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of (i) two individuals or (ii) 20% of the number of directors serving on the Board, provided that the nominating stockholder(s) and the director nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in the Amended Bylaws.
In addition, the Amended Bylaws also contain changes to conform with the adoption of the proxy access provision, as well as other minor, non-substantive changes.
The foregoing summary description of the amendments to the Bylaws is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended Bylaws, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
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About IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. (NASDAQ:IDXX)
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes products and provides services for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy and water testing markets. The Company’s segments include Companion Animal Group (CAG), which develops, designs, manufactures and distributes products and performs services for veterinarians and the bioresearch market; Water, which develops, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of products used in the detection of various microbiological parameters in water; Livestock, Poultry and Dairy (LPD), which develops, designs, manufactures and distributes diagnostic tests and related instrumentation, and performs services that are used to manage the health status of livestock and poultry and to expand bovine reproductive productivity, and Other, which develops, designs, manufactures and distributes point-of-care electrolyte and blood gas analyzers and related consumable products for the human medical diagnostics market.