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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): October 28, 2008
ABAXIS, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
California   000-19720   77-0213001
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3240 Whipple Road, Union City, CA 94587
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(510) 675-6500
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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.
     On July 23, 2008, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Abaxis, Inc. (the “Company”) amended the Abaxis, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Incentive Plan by 500,000 shares to a total of 5,386,000 shares. The shareholders of the Company approved the amendment to the Incentive Plan at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on October 28, 2008.
     The Incentive Plan, as amended, is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     (d) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
     
Exhibit 10.1   Abaxis, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through October 28, 2008

1.

 

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.
Date: November 3, 2008
         
  ABAXIS, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Alberto R. Santa Ines    
    Alberto R. Santa Ines   
    Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer 		  
 

 

 

Exhibit Index
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
    
Exhibit 10.1
  Abaxis, Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended through October 28, 2008