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
23, 2008
EMERGING
VISION, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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New
York
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No.001-14128
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No.11-3096941
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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100
Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard
Garden
City, New York 11530
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (516) 390-2100
Former
name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A
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 (see General Instructions A.2.):
o Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
On May
23, 2008, Emerging Vision, Inc’s (the “Company”) independent inspector of
election, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., certified the voting results of
the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual
Meeting"), held on May 23, 2008. Having received approximately 86.3%
of the votes cast, Christopher G. Payan, Jeffrey Rubin and Joel Gold have been
re-elected to serve as Class II directors of the Company, for a term of two (2)
years expiring in 2010. Approximately 57.0% of the Company’s
outstanding shares were voted at the meeting.
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Item
9.01
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Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
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99.1
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Press
Release, dated May 27, 2008, issued by Emerging Vision,
Inc.
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[Signature
on following page]
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
EMERGING
VISION, INC.
By: /s/ Brian P.
Alessi
Name:
Brian P. Alessi
Title: Chief
Financial Officer
Date: May
27, 2008