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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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):  December 13, 2011

SYNERGETICS USA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-10382
20-5715943
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
3845 Corporate Centre Drive
O’Fallon, Missouri
    
63368
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

(636) 939-5100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
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:

 
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Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Synergetics USA, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 13, 2011. The following is a summary of the matters voted on at the meeting:
 
(a)           David M. Hable, the only director nominee, was elected to serve a three-year term ending in 2014, as follows:

Votes For
  
Votes Withheld
  
Broker Non-Votes
11,790,650
  
625,306
  
9,585,301
 
(b)           The appointment of UHY LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2012 was ratified by the following shareholder vote:
 
Votes For
  
Votes Against
  
Abstain
21,850,421
  
102,047
  
48,789
 
 
 
 

SIGNATURES

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:  December 14, 2011

 
SYNERGETICS USA, INC.
(Registrant)
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Pamela G. Boone
 
Name:
Pamela G. Boone
 
Title:
EVP and Chief Financial Officer