UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
 TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
May 24, 2013


DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
 
 
 
ROPER INDUSTRIES, INC.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
 
 
DELAWARE


(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION)
 
 
 
 
 1-12273
 51-0263969
 
 
 
 
 (COMMISSION FILE NUMBER)
 (IRS EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 
 
 
 
 6901 PROFESSIONAL PKWY. EAST, SUITE 200, SARASOTA, FLORIDA
 34240
 
 
 
 
 (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
 (ZIP CODE)
 
 
(941) 556-2601


 
(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)
 
 



(FORMER NAME OR ADDRESS, IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)
 
 
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Item 5.07     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company held its 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 24, 2013 in Sarasota, Florida. A brief description of each of the proposals submitted to the stockholders and the votes cast are set forth below. Each director nominee was re-elected and all of the proposals passed.

Proposal 1:  Election of three (3) Directors.

Each of the directors identified below was re-elected at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders for a term expiring at the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

 
For
Withheld / Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
David W. Devonshire
83,260,649
2,101,538
3,123,525
John F. Fort III
79,409,995
5,952,192
3,123,525
Brian D. Jellison
81,231,343
4,130,844
3,123,525


Proposal 2:  A non-binding advisory vote to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the related material disclosed in the Proxy Statement.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
66,151,927
18,943,217
267,043
3,123,525


Proposal 3: A proposal to amend the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the annual election of all directors.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
84,079,470
1,137,686
145,031
3,123,525


Proposal 4:  Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered accounting firm of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2013.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
87,226,751
1,180,803
78,158
0



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.
 
 
 
 
Roper Industries, Inc.
 
 
 (Registrant)
 
 
 
 Date: May 24, 2013
By:
/s/ David B. Liner
 
 
David B. Liner
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary