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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): May 10, 2011 (May 4, 2011)
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
         
DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  0-20199
(Commission File Number)
  43-1420563
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
One Express Way, St. Louis, MO
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  63121
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number including area code: 314-996-0900
No change since last report
(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Express Scripts, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) at the Company’s principal executive offices on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company voted to approve and ratify the Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2011 LTIP”). The text of the Plan, and the description of the Plan on pages 51-60 under the caption “Proxy Item No. 6: Approval and Ratification of the Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan” in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 21, 2011 (the “Proxy Statement”), which are listed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto, respectively, are incorporated herein by reference.
As previously announced, Messrs. Toan and Borelli retired from the Board of Directors of the Company as of May 4, 2011.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders approved the adoption of amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended (the “Bylaws”) to permit holders of at least 35% of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding capital stock to call a special meeting of the stockholders under certain circumstances. The Amendments became effective upon stockholder approval. The description of the Amendments on page 48 under the caption “Proxy Item 3: Proposal to Adopt an Amendment to the Bylaws to Permit Stockholders to Call a Special Meeting” in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 21, 2011, which is listed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
As indicated above, on May 4, 2011, the Company held the Annual Meeting. Of the 529,120,068 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 470,249,109 shares were represented at the meeting, or an 88.87% quorum. The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
Proposal 1. Election of Directors. All of management’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below.
                                 
                            BROKER
NOMINEE   FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   NON-VOTES
Gary G. Benanav
    421,951,194       12,831,354       126,027       35,340,534  
Maura C. Breen
    429,024,763       5,762,282       121,530       35,340,534  
Nicholas J. LaHowchic
    428,755,006       6,026,696       126,873       35,340,534  
Thomas P. Mac Mahon
    434,215,744       569,567       123,264       35,340,534  
Frank Mergenthaler
    434,406,310       377,211       125,054       35,340,534  
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. M.D.
    434,389,883       396,794       121,898       35,340,534  
John O. Parker, Jr.
    428,630,456       6,150,884       127,235       35,340,534  
George Paz
    420,875,019       13,828,128       205,428       35,340,534  
Samuel K. Skinner
    385,987,808       48,645,282       275,485       35,340,534  
Seymour Sternberg
    416,170,261       18,617,192       121,122       35,340,534  

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Proposal 2. The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2011 was ratified by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below.
         
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN
462,083,375
  8,016,252   149,482
Proposal 3. The Amendments to the Bylaws, permitting stockholders to call a special meeting under certain circumstances, was approved by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below.
         
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN
468,583,084   1,322,671   343,354
Proposal 4. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding basis, executive compensation, by the votes set forth in the table below.
             
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   BROKER NON-VOTES
421,551,156   11,367,210   1,990,209   35,340,534
Proposal 5. The stockholders approved, on a non-binding basis, the holding of a non-binding vote on executive compensation on an annual basis, by the votes set forth in the table below.
             
ONE-YEAR   TWO-YEAR   THREE-YEAR    
FREQUENCY   FREQUENCY   FREQUENCY    
VOTE   VOTE   VOTE   ABSTAIN
308,259,392   11,750,080   114,672,885   226,218
Proposal 6. The stockholders approved and ratified the 2011 LTIP, by the votes set forth in the table below.
             
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   BROKER NON-VOTES
403,305,938   31,063,328   539,309   35,340,534
Proposal 7. A stockholder proposal requesting a report on political contributions was rejected by the stockholders, by the votes set forth in the table below.
             
FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN   BROKER NON-VOTES
112,715,327   268,299,355   53,893,893   35,340,534
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  Express Scripts, Inc.
 
 
  By  /s/ Keith J. Ebling    
    Name:   Keith J. Ebling   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and General Counsel   
 
Dated: May 10, 2011

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
3.1
  Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended effective as of May 4, 2011.
 
   
3.2
  Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, marked to show amendments to Sections 1.2, 1.11 and 1.12 effective as of May 4, 2011.
 
   
10.1
  Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Appendix B to Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Proxy Statement dated March 21, 2011.
 
   
99.1
  Description of the Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to pages 51-60 of the Express Scripts, Inc. 2011 Proxy Statement dated March 21, 2011.
 
   
99.2
  Description of the Amendments to the Bylaws, incorporated by reference to page 48 of the Express Scripts, Inc. Proxy Statement dated March 21, 2011.

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