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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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  March 22, 2010

Hurco Companies, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter
 
Indiana
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

0-9143
  
35-1150732
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
     
One Technology Way
    
Indianapolis, Indiana
  
46268
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip code)

(317) 293-5309
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Hurco Companies, Inc. held its annual meeting of shareholders on March 18, 2010.  The election of nine directors to the Board of Directors and a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm were the only matters submitted to a vote. The following table sets forth the results of voting for the two proposed items of business.

Matters submitted to a Vote
  
Number of Votes FOR
  
Number of Votes WITHHELD
  
Non-Votes
  
Abstentions
                 
Election of Directors:
                
  Stephen H. Cooper
  
4,321,235
  
30,399
  
1,223,153
    
 
4,323,145
  
28,489
  
1,223,153
  
-
  Michael Doar
  
4,286,035
  
65,599
  
1,223,153
  
-
  Philip James
  
4,329,294
  
22,340
  
1,223,153
  
-
  Gerhard Kohlbacher
  
4,314,839
  
36,795
  
1,223,153
  
-
  Michael P. Mazza
  
4,329,131
  
22,503
  
1,223,153
  
-
  Richard T. Niner
  
4,258,380
  
93,254
  
1,223,153
  
-
  Charlie Rentschler
  
4,316,930
  
34,704
  
1,223,153
  
-
  Janaki Sivanesan
  
4,328,047
  
23,587
  
1,223,153
  
-
Appointment of public accounting firm
  
5,516,515
  
45,713
  
-
  
12,559
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURE

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:  March 22, 2010
   
 
HURCO COMPANIES, INC
     
     
     
     
 
By:
/s/ John G. Oblazney
   
John G. Oblazney, Vice President and
   
Chief Financial Officer